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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 398 together. The OPW needs more time to collate the information and will respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme was introduced by the Government in 2017 to address the very serious flooding of those homes that flooded in the Winter of 2015/16, including those homes flooded by turloughs. To be eligible for assistance under this once-off Scheme, a homeowner had to meet a number of conditions, including that floodwater entered and damaged the building during or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) does not control the disused church called the Coolie Chapel, which is on the grounds of St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park. The church is under the administration of the HSE. The OPW cares for the grounds surrounding the church. The OPW has restored the perimeter wall and has undertaken work to repair gravestones in the curtilage of the church.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 405 and 425 together. I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the approach of the Office of Public Works (OPW) to managing vacant and surplus properties such as the former Garda station and residence at Brosna is firstly to establish if the property is required for alternative state use. This would include the potential for it to be re-purposed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW is committed to providing apprenticeships across a wide range of skills including offering apprenticeships in stone cutting and stone masonry, in carpentry and joinery, in wood manufacturing and finishing, in painting and decorating, in arboriculture and as a civil engineering technician, a commis chef or a metal fabrication and construction plant fitter. The main contractor for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Assets (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) that they, like other State bodies, are obliged to follow central Government policies on the disposal of surplus properties. The arrangements involved are set out in the following Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) Circulars:Circular 11/2015: Protocols for the Transfer and Sharing of State Property...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing and maintaining a substantial and complex estate of approximately 2,500 properties. This extensive and diverse portfolio of State properties includes office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property estate for An Garda Síochána and numerous properties for many State Agencies. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 417 together. Following the passing of the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945, the OPW was tasked with carrying out a programme of large-scale arterial drainage schemes, on a catchment basis. Between 1948 and 1992, the OPW implemented 34 Catchment Arterial Drainage schemes and 5 Estuarine Embankment schemes. Arterial drainage schemes progressed under the 1945...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW needs more time to collate the information and will respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW is currently carrying out a cost benefit analysis assessment for Wicklow Town Courthouse, on behalf of the Courts Service. The subsequent report will provide an order of magnitude budget to re-develop the Courthouse Campus, and will support the decision-making around options appraisals for the site. In the interim, following a request from the Courts Service to investigate the roof...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Iveagh Gardens are located in Dublin city centre with close access to a large variety of cafés and shops available to visitors near all entryways and within a short walking distance of the park to avail of refreshments. In addition, Dublin City Council has provided a coffee dock concession at the Clonmel Street entrance which is the busiest entrance to the Iveagh Gardens. Given the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Catering and Services Assistants OPW Number Female 16 Male 1 Total 17

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: A competition for the role of Chef had been advertised in Q1 2024, a panel is now currently in place, at present there is no requirement to run another chef competition before the end of 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Renewing the visitor experience at Oldbridge - Battle of the Boyne will be a major capital project encompassing three elements - the full refurbishment and presentation of the Farmyard Complex as a new visitor experience, further renovations of Oldbridge House (to make additional floors accessible to the public), and the provision of ancillary visitor facilities such as increased and enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of arterial drainage schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Acts, 1945 and 1995, as amended. The location concerned forms part of the Ballynaclogh Arterial Drainage Scheme. The OPW Annual Maintenance Programme for 2024 includes maintenance in the location concerned and it is intended to have this maintenance completed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to inform the Deputy that a main contractor has been identified following a procurement competition and an evaluation of the Reserved Specialists is currently underway. Once this has been completed then a contract will be placed and it is anticipated following approval of the final business case that construction will begin on site in Q4 2024. The construction period will be 91 weeks....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Centres (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Kilmainham Gaol, National Monument 675, opened in 1796 as the new County Gaol for Dublin and closed in 1924. Today the building symbolises the tradition of militant and constitutional nationalism from the rebellion of 1798 to the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. Leaders of the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916 were detained and in some cases executed here. The Kilmainham complex is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that they were contacted in August 2023 by the parish priest of the Church of the Assumption to discuss the acquisition of land in order to extend the grounds of the cemetery at the church. While the OPW is agreeable in principle to this request, the Heath is a commonage with local graziers having unlimited access to the unenclosed lands of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of arterial drainage schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Acts, 1945 and 1995, as amended. The location concerned forms part of the Maine Arterial Drainage Scheme. Officials from the OPW South West Drainage Maintenance section met with the property owner recently and discussed the concerns. The property owner has...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The preparation of legislation to improve the management of flood risk on the River Shannon is a Government priority, with the River Shannon Management Body Bill on the priority legislation list for drafting for Autumn 2024. The main purpose of the Bill is to improve flood risk management for the River Shannon catchment. As the Deputy is aware, the management of flood risk on the river is...