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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works continues to work with consultants, Ian Ritchie Architects, to complete the necessary documentation to submit a planning application for a new commemorative bridge and entrance plaza at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens and Conyngham Road. Due to the environmental sensitivities of the location, an extensive Flood Risk Assessment and Section 50 Application is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: My officials are currently looking into this matter and I will revert to the Deputy shortly with a more substantive response.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works, as the lead agency for flood risk management, is coordinating the delivery of measures towards meeting the Government’s National Flood Risk Policy. A broad range of structural and non-structural measures have already been implemented to address flood risk under an approach structured around three pillars: prevention, protection and preparedness. In...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Roscommon County Council is leading the response to the flooding risk at Lough Funshinagh, Co. Roscommon. Under my direction senior officials from the Office of Public Works (OPW) met with officials from Roscommon County Council during 2022 focusing on identifying possible approaches to a viable solution to manage the flooding risk at Lough Funshinagh. In December 2022 Roscommon...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Shannon Callows is a natural floodplain, which floods in winter. Summer flooding in the Shannon Callows region is also a real concern when there is heavy summer rainfall. Possible approaches to provide a long term solution to summer flooding in the Shannon Callows are being developed by the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group (the Group). The Shannon Callows...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Climate change will have a significant impact on flood risk in Ireland. It is projected that the number of heavy rainfall days per year will increase, which would lead to an increase in flood risk. According to Met Éireann data, July 2023 was the wettest July that has ever been recorded, with prolonged heavy rainfall on 14th and 15th. July 2023 also had more than four times the amount of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ballincollig Weir, which is part of Ballincollig Regional Park, is in the ownership of Cork City Council since the boundary change between Cork County and City in June 2019. The Weir had apparently been in disrepair for many years before a breach occurred in December 2014, which has left the weir in extremely poor condition. While there are no hydraulic benefits to the flood relief scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can confirm that the Office of Public Works has scheduled refurbishment works to Garda Stations within the DMR to be carried out between now and the first half of 2024. The Garda Stations and the nature of the works to be carried out are outlined in the table below and include only works valued in excess of €150,000. The works outlined relate to works funded both by OPW and An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Weather Events (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: My officials are currently looking into this matter and I will revert to the Deputy shortly with a more substantive response.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group (the Group) was established by the Government in early 2016 and is chaired by the OPW. Meetings of the Group are held bi-annually and the most recent meeting was held on the 11thOctober 2023. The previous meeting was held on 26th April 2023. The Group met twice in 2022, on 27thApril and 20thOctober. Minutes of the Groups...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waterways Issues (9 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of arterial drainage schemes and flood relief schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Acts, 1945 and 1995, as amended. The responsibility for maintenance of all drainage schemes carried out by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland under earlier Acts, known as Drainage Districts, was conferred on the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (9 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Mar aitheantas ar an ardú sa chostas maireachtála agus ar mhaithe le tuilleadh teaghlaigh a mhealladh isteach sa scéim, cuireadh ardaithe éagsúla anuraidh leis na tacaíochtaí a íoctar faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Geailge. San áireamh anseo:Tháinig ardú 20% ó €10 go €12 ar an bhfóirdheontas a íoctar...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (9 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ag an tráth seo, tá gach éileamh íocaíochta atá ar chumas mo Roinne a íoc i leith cúrsaí a reáchtáladh sna Coláistí Gaeilge i samhradh 2023 próiseáilte ag Rannóg na gColáistí Gaeilge agus seolta chuig Rannóg Airgeadais de chuid na Roinne. Déanfar na híocaíochtaí seo leis na...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has recommended the development of a Flood Relief Scheme for the town of Holycross as a result of the work completed in the Suir Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Study. Tipperary County Council as the Lead Authority, with funding provided by the Government's €1.3bn investment in flood relief works under the National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has recommended the development of a Flood Relief Scheme for the town of Knocklofty as a result of the work completed in the Suir Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Study. Tipperary County Council as the Lead Authority, with funding provided by the OPW, are currently advancing the Scheme through Stage 1. Consultants, Ayesa, have been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Cavan County Council is the lead authority in the delivery of Cavan Town Flood Relief Scheme. The Council is working in partnership with the Office of Public Works and funding for this scheme has been allocated under the €1.3bn investment in flood relief under the National Development Plan to 2030. Engineering and environmental consultants were appointed to the scheme in May 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Castletown House is an eighteenth-century neo-Palladian country house built within an extensive estate.In 1994, the Office of Public Works took responsibility for Castletown House and estate. Initially, this was only 13 acres of land with the house. It has long been the policy of the OPW to seek to reunite the historic Castletown estate. In 1997, one hundred acres south of the house was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for leading and co-ordinating the implementation of Ireland’s national flood policy, which includes the development of a planned programme of feasible works for flood relief schemes. In 2018, to facilitate the development of a programme of works, the OPW completed a strategic study - the National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is likely that climate change will have significant impacts on flooding and flood risk in Ireland due to rising sea levels, increased rainfall in winter, more heavy rain days and more intense storms. The Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken a range of initiatives to ensure that appropriate adaptive approaches are prepared for these projected climate changes and their associated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is an existing Flood Relief Scheme in place in Mornington, Co. Meath providing protection to 162 properties. After the August 2023 flood event in the Mornington/Bettystown area a senior level group involving the OPW and Meath County Council was established to review the event and any additional measures in the Mornington/Bettystown area that may now be required. The OPW instructed RPS...