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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: No.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: We do not operate the convention centre.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: It will, after a period of time, revert to the State's ownership but we have no operational issue with the convention centre.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: No. We do not organise concerts, events, or things like that. That is not our remit. Regarding how the needs of individual Departments are determined, as I said in reply to Deputy Conway-Walsh before Deputy came in, each individual Accounting Officer is responsible for the maintenance or apportioning of space within his or her own building. Typically, most Departments and State agencies...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: A lot of the projects we do are public. The only comparison I would draw is that the difficulties we have encountered, which are well documented, are faced across the European Union. The constraints presented by environmental legislation and recourse to the Aarhus Convention are not unique to Ireland but are felt across the European Union. Most European Union states talking about climate...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Bandon in west Cork provides a comparison. The town experienced a number of delays outside the control of either Cork County Council or the OPW. This added considerably to the length of time it took to deliver the scheme. Of the online criticism often levelled at local authorities or the OPW on the work being delivered, it is never the people whose homes and businesses have been flooded...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is that a question or a charge?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Yes, it tells us when leases are maturing.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will I answer that one question? Has the Deputy other questions?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I want to get to Deputy English's questions as well.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for leading and coordinating the implementation of flood relief schemes to protect Ireland against significant flood risk from rivers and the sea. The Government has committed €1.3 billion, to 2030 under the National Development Plan, to deliver some 150 additional flood relief schemes identified as part of the OPW’s Catchment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can confirm that the procurement process for the Fitout and External Worksproject at Enniscorthy Garda Station has commenced. For security reasons for An Garda Síochána, it is necessary to use a two-stage process on eTenders. The prequalification stage is currently in progress and is expected to be complete in 2023. It is expected that tendering of the project will be complete...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Local flooding issues are a matter for each local authority to investigate and address in the first instance. Under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme, funding may be made available by the Office of Public Works to local authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to address localised flooding and coastal protection problems within their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia’s armed forces in February 2022, Ireland has welcomed almost 70,000 Ukrainian people who have fled the war in their country. The EU’s Temporary Protection Directive provides the legal framework for assisting Ukrainians entering the EU who are officially called Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs). The Government’s overall...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Animal Culls (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works is continually looking at options to successfully manage the landscapes and properties in a way that is beneficial to wildlife and biodiversity, particularly at locations such as Derrynane, which contains wildlife habitats protected at a European level that require protection. I can advise my officials issued a tender for services for a proposed rabbit cull at...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The information is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. It should be noted that the Office of Public Works does not hold details of buildings in the ownership of other State agencies / bodies such as the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 and 191 together. Following an open tender process, OPW has appointed a multi-disciplinary professional team to undertake a study of the Clonmancnoise National Monument with a view to making recommendations for its future development so it can continue to actively contribute to the local tourism and business economy while retaining its key status as an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Conservation of the railings at Carlow Courthouse was initiated in 2016 by Office of Public Works conservation architects. It was decided to carry out the work on the basis of an initial pilot phase on ten sections of the railings. This was a trial exercise to establish a correct works methodology and to gain as much cost certainty as possible for the future phases of work. Repairs and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Kenmare Flood Relief Scheme is one of some one hundred schemes at design and construction, nationally. This is a threefold increase in schemes at design and construction since 2018 and is supported by the €1.3bn funding under the National Development Plan. There are five stages to delivering a flood relief scheme, from preliminary design, planning, detailed design, construction...