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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I agree with the Deputy on that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: If the Deputy had met with people in Cork County Council, he would know they are currently working up a series of proposals with the Office of Public Works, like we do in most towns, such as Bantry, where there is a large flood relief scheme that will take a long time to deliver. The council is working with the consulting engineers and our engineers on interim measures, which might include...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Cork County Council is the lead authority on this and it is working up a proposal for the Office of Public Works. I understand it will be with us within weeks. Once it is done, we certainly will respond to it on the basis of interim measures.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: A total of 62 were built there. The other completed projects are: Doorly Park in Sligo, a Sligo County Council site, with 22 units; 28 units in Claremorris, County Mayo, completed last August; 42 units in Rathdowney, County Laois, which is an LDA site; and 64 units in Clonminch, County Offaly. We are now into the second phase of delivery. These projects include Charleville, County Cork,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: No, the original provision was 500, which was increased thereafter to 700. We have substantially completed almost 450 of those units.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I listed the developments in which people are living. In the case of the remaining developments, in Charleville, Ballinasloe and Backweston, we hope to have people living there in the first quarter.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I cannot answer for accommodation issues that are within the remit of the Department of children.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: It does, and we are building a substantial amount of accommodation for the Department of children under the Ukrainian directive.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: As I have said on a number of occasions at this committee, in the case of a lot of the buildings we have, there are huge title issues. They include old Garda stations that, once upon a time, were RIC stations that might not have title. They might have been taken off an estate or whatever. There is one such building in my constituency, the tile of which needs to be established before it can...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: No. The Deputy is right that on 17 November we issued a report to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform which addressed the issues of supplementary information it required under environmental impact assessment. It would not be appropriate or the norm for us to query that Department as it is the planning authority. The Minister at the Department...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform as the planning authority here with regard to the significance or otherwise of the information that is submitted. If it, as the planning authority, deems it to be significant beyond what would normally be submitted by way of further information, there may be a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is based on the significance. There have been cases in the past where significant further information was required to go on public display and a period of public consultation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The project is specific. In an ideal world, notwithstanding the merits of the Arterial Drainage Act which Deputy Durkan alluded to a while ago, I would prefer to see these applications made to the likes of An Bord Pleanála. If an application for a flood relief scheme goes through Part 10 of the Local Government Act, we know the definite timeframes as a result. Unfortunately, with an...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: At the same time, notwithstanding the problems on the Deel river in Crossmolina, in other locations around the country the Act has been used very successfully and works are under construction. King's Island in Limerick city will probably go to tender this year. Once we get a positive answer from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: What page is the Deputy on there?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I did not interrupt.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: We reached out at the time to every entity that owns public land in Ireland, including all the local authorities. We used some of our own land, we used land from the Land Development Agency, LDA, and we got some local authority land. The number of completions are as follows: 64 units in Mahon in Cork, completed on 16 June 2023; 28 units in Cavan, on an OPW site, completed on 29 August; an...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it key outputs for public service activities?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: It refers to cumulative financial damages avoided by the completion of-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: In recent years we have had some delays. I would imagine that in the coming years, as we see completions such as in Templemore, Ashbourne and a couple of others which will actually be completed this year, that will substantially raise the number of properties that are protected. More are currently under construction such as Springfield, Clonlara in County Clare. As they come on board and...