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Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: No, they did not.

Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I have to reply.

Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I do but the Deputy will not let me.

Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I hope to be in a position to make a public announcement about a new memorandum of understanding between the Office of Public Works and the Insurance Federation. That memorandum will relate to their understanding of what will be the position when we have concluded works on capital schemes and, in view of the funding we have invested, the fact that they will have a responsibility for...

Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: And storm damage.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Senator for raising what is a very important issue. I am aware that the liquidator and colleagues from the Department of Finance appeared before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform today. It was a useful exercise. I saw some of the engagement. I am aware that the Senator asked one of the officials from the Department of Finance about the question of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: On the first issue, the Minister for Finance gave firm commitments last week which, unfortunately, some people deliberately chose to ignore. Those firm commitments were highlighted again by Ms Nolan at the joint committee today on behalf of the Department of Finance. I think it is important that we do not talk ourselves into an emergency.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I am answering the Senator's question. I seek the same protection I gave the Senator. The Senator asked two questions, and I will reply to them, if I may. It is important that we do not talk ourselves into an emergency for whatever reasons people might choose to do this for their own ends. In regard to the question referred to in my opening remarks, my understanding is that the position...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Development Companies Administration (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: Apologies, I am here to take the motion on the IBRC, which was tabled by Senator Healy Eames.

Topical Issue Debate: Public Services Provision (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Deputy again for her constructive proposal, which I understand she has made on several previous occasions based on personal experience. We must reinvent the way in which consultation occurs to make it easier for citizens to become aware of what is being done in public policy across government. The pilot to which I referred has been organised by the Office of the Government Chief...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Services Provision (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Deputy for the constructive suggestion she set out in this topical issue. The Minister, Deputy Howlin, and all of us in the Government are committed to enhance public consultation. She is suggesting that we bring this all together in one website, making sure that people can consult with the Government in a variety of ways but through one particular avenue. The Minister has an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: The information sought is set out in the following table: Govt. Departments, State Agencies etc with a public/statutory role in relation to the River Shannon Government Departments/Offices: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Incl. National Parks and Wildlife Services) Department of the Environment, Community and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 37 together. The Office of Public Works is currently undertaking the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme, in partnership with its technical consultants, local authorities and other key stakeholders. This is a strategic and fully co-ordinated approach that recognises the need, in line with international best practice, to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16 and 41 together. As outlined to the Deputy in my replies to Question Numbers 19 and 30 of 22 January 2014, the core strategy for addressing flood risk in the Shannon Basin is the River Shannon Catchment Flood Risk Assessment & Management Study. The CFRAM Study is being conducted by Jacobs Engineering on behalf of the OPW and I am advised that good...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: The National War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge have been managed and maintained to the highest standards by the Office of Public Works and favourably compare with any of Sir Edwin Lutyens designs overseas. Most of the original design has been undertaken and completed including the Cross, Fountains, Bookrooms, sunken rose gardens and more recently, the Temple. The gardens are well served...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: Croppies Acre Memorial Park lies between the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks and the river Liffey. The area was managed by the Commissioners of Public Works whose staff maintained the grounds, cut grass, etc. The Park had been opened to the general public by the Office of Public Works (OPW), usually from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Saturday in line with the opening hours of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: The Commissioners of Public Works, who hold and manage the Civil Service and Garda property portfolio, have had very little vacant leased office space in the last 5 years. This is due to an ongoing property rationalisation programme which has resulted in over 1.1 million square feet of office space being surrendered in the 5 years to the end of 2013. Since 2008, the Commissioners have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 39 together. Last week the Government announced the allocation of a sum of up to €70 million for a programme of repair and remediation works arising from the recent severe weather. Of this sum, up to €20 million may be provided for restoring coastal protection infrastructure. This figure derives from estimates provided by the local...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: As I indicated in a reply to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question 1414 of 15 January, 2014, Dublin City Council is the lead authority in relation to the development of any flood relief proposals for Clontarf and I understand that the Council is currently exploring possible options. Should a viable flood relief scheme emerge which meets with the acceptance of the relevant stakeholders,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (26 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 to 100, inclusive, together. The questions concern matters of urban surface water drainage infrastructure. The Office of Public Works has no responsibility in this matter. It is, in the first instance, a matter for Dublin City Council. Funding investment in upgrading of urban surface water drainage infrastructure falls within the Minister for the...