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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: 165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when speech and language therapy will resume for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: As part long-standing OPW policy to seek to reunite the historic Castletown demesne lands with the house and lands in the care of the State, the OPW sought, on several occasions, to purchase the lands from Janus Securities including when the lands were offered for sale on the open market in 2022. However, despite the very best efforts of the OPW, the State was out-bid in the process and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 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 area in question does not form part of an Arterial Drainage Scheme, therefore the OPW does not have the authority to carry out any drainage maintenance at this location. Riparian owners of land...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works has never made an application to designate lands as either a special area of conservation and special protection area, otherwise known collectively as NATURA 2000 sites and or a natural heritage area. The designation of a site as a special area of conservation and special protection area is a matter for the National Parks and Wildlife Services. It is important...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is not intended to tender for provision of restaurant/café services at Dublin Castle at present as a process is currently underway to redevelop the visitor reception facilities at Dublin Castle. The space formerly occupied by the tearooms/café has been prioritised for redevelopment as part of a planned new visitor hub for the Castle. Visitors are already well served by numerous...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278 to 280, inclusive, together. Castletown House is an eighteenth-century neo-Palladian country house built within an extensive estate. Numbers using the estate have increased greatly since the OPW took over the estate and now stand at over one million visitors to the estate each year. In 1994, the Office of Public Works took responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (20 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department directly funds several initiatives to support the use and learning of Irish within the GAA and recognises the strong connection between the GAA and the Irish language. Below is a list of relevant programmes funded by my Department: - Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha: Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha is a scheme administered by the GAA and Glór na nGael,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (15 Jun 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 been preparing to adapt to these projected climate changes. The National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme undertook...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (15 Jun 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 area in question does not form part of an Arterial Drainage Scheme. The problem of riverbank erosion is a matter for the Local Authority and/or the riparian owner concerned. Any proposed works...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (15 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department of Finance has overall responsibility for policy matters in relation to insurance, including flood insurance. The Office of Public Works (OPW), through its Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme, carried out the largest ever flood risk study in Ireland to date, which assessed 80% of properties at risk from Ireland’s main causes of flooding. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Industry (15 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The 2022 visitor numbers to each heritage site managed by the OPW are shown in the following table. The visitor numbers include data from people-counters which provide data on either an annual or quarterly basis. It is, therefore, not possible to give a full breakdown of visitor numbers by month. Site Name   Total 2022  Altamont 114,175...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pesticide Use (15 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: We will respond directly to the Deputy.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Danny.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: He did not turn up.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Minister, Deputy Humphreys. I was going to say, a Cheann Comhairle, one would want to be a very brave man or woman in this House to take on that woman after that. I will certainly not be standing up and having a go at her based on that because all my projects to which I will refer to will probably go up in flames. I want to acknowledge the role the Minister has played in my...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for leading and coordinating the implementation of localised flood relief schemes to protect Ireland against significant flood risk from rivers and the sea. Since 2018, the Government has committed €1.3bn, to 2030, to deliver some 150 additional flood relief schemes identified as part of the OPW’s Catchment Flood Risk Assessment...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: In 2018, to establish those communities that are at risk from significant flood events, the OPW completed the largest study of flood risk ever undertaken by the State: the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The CFRAM Programme studied 80% of Ireland’s primary flood risk and identified solutions that can protect over 95% of that risk. Some 150 additional...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (13 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: 279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the future use of a railway station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27526/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration, if any, that has been given to the provision of linking Croom Orthopaedic Hospital through the public transport network, specifically the bus service to and from Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27692/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 404 together. I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that, during 2012 and 2013, 139 Garda stations were closed as part of An Garda Síochána’s rationalisation programme. The table below outlines the Garda stations in counties Longford and Westmeath that were closed as part of this programme and the current status of each. ...