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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (16 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: The tables below show the office properties leased by the Commissioners of Public Works on behalf of Government Departments/Agencies. Of these, 101 have upward only rent review clauses. The information in respect of non-office leased properties will take some time to collate and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy. Any matters that may arise between the owner of the property and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: As I have indicated in recent Parliamentary responses, (Questions numbers 12405/16; 12490/16 & 13497/16) the Office of Public Works, which is responsible for the care and maintenance of the St. Laurence’s Gate National Monument in Drogheda, is in favour of closing the roadway beneath it to vehicular traffic so as to better protect the structure from the effects of collisions by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: The Memorandum of Understanding between OPW and Insurance Ireland provides that OPW will provide Insurance Ireland with detailed background and technical information on all completed OPW flood relief schemes, including maps showing the extent of the area protected, and that Insurance Ireland member companies will take into account all information provided by OPW when assessing exposure to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: Good progress is being made on the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the Office of Public Works (OPW) working in partnership with the local authorities. The Programme involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each Area for Further Assessment (AFA), the development of preliminary...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: The Gweestin River does not form part of any Arterial Drainage Scheme which would fall under the remit of the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the 1945 Arterial Drainage Act. The OPW therefore has no responsibility for the maintenance of the channel. Local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address, and Kerry County Council may...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works has no plans to provide a Guide Service at Carrigafoyle Castle, Co. Kerry. The Castle is, like many other National Monument locations around the country, freely accessible by the public and the OPW considers that it is already serving visitor needs adequately. In addition, the OPW does not, with the limited funds available to it, have the resources currently to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: The core strategy for addressing the significant flood risks nationally, in Tralee and in the Shannon River Basin District generally, is the Office of Public Works' (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. In 2011 the OPW completed a national screening exercise, called the Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment (PFRA), which identified 300 areas for further...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: Local flooding issues are, in the first instance, a matter for each local authority to investigate and address. They may carry out flood alleviation works from their own resources or apply to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. This purpose of this scheme is to provide funding to local authorities to undertake...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: I am advised that it is a matter for Mayo County Council (MCC) in the first instance to investigate and address priority coastal protection issues in the county. MCC was allocated €4.211 million by the Government in February 2014 to carry out repair works to coastal protection infrastructure damaged in the severe storms which affected the country in late 2013 and early 2014. A...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: It is a matter for Roscommon County Council in the first instance to investigate and address minor or localised flooding issues in the county. It is open to the Council to undertake any appropriate and viable local flood mitigation works using its own resources. The focus of the Office of Public Works' (OPW) funding support is for works related to fluvial (river) flooding. Flooding caused...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank Senator Leyden for his kind words and welcome to this Chamber. I thank him for raising this issue. I am taking the debate on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris, who is elsewhere on Government business. The development of an enhanced primary care system and guaranteeing the future sustainability of GP practices in rural and disadvantaged urban areas are priorities under the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank the Senator for his question and I will bring his comments back to the Minister, Deputy Harris.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works, OPW, and flood relief , I am pleased to be here today to consider the 2016 Estimate and undertake a mid-year review of outputs and expenditure relating to the OPW Vote for the current financial year. I will also summarise the OPW’s emerging position on...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: Responsibility for insurance and legislation for insurance rests with the Department of Finance. In the context of the interdepartmental group set up to consider policy, the Department of Finance will be bringing forward options in terms of what we can do to ensure that people are insured. In areas in which the OPW has put in place permanent defences that meet the requisite standards, the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: I expect that the interdepartmental group will report back to me in the next couple of weeks, in the middle of the year. The next two stages are a sub-committee of the Government and then on to the Cabinet. I am very concerned about the matter. We will do whatever we can to get people insured. In 2016, there was a 16% decrease in funding. A separate fund was provided for storm damage,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: Exhibition stage will take place in the third quarter of 2016. Agreement has been reached with Cork City Council to undertake some advance works on Morrison Island as part of the public realm, and these will be carried out in 2017.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: The scheme will reach exhibition stage in the third quarter of 2016, then go through a process of public consultation, followed by detailed design, and finally tender. It depends on what comes up during the public consultation process and, therefore, it is hard to set a time.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: No.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: I hope so.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Canney: I have tried to be clear.