Results 21-37 of 37 for 5 million speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (23 May 2017)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 and 376 together. Following is a table (Table 1) setting out expenditure by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on every flood relief scheme in the current Capital Programme for the period 2012-2016. Table 1 2012 Expenditure €,000 2013 Expenditure €,000 2014 Expenditure €,000 2015 Expenditure €,000 2016 Expenditure €,000...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (18 May 2017)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delivering a multi-annual programme of capital investment in flood defence measures, from the €430 million allocated through the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021. Since 2009, a number of major flood defence schemes have been completed in the Shannon catchment area including Ennis Upper and Derrymullen, Ballinasloe. Further schemes are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (4 May 2017)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 to 148, inclusive, together. The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delivering a multi-annual programme of capital investment in flood defence measures, with €430 million provided for in the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021. Since 2009, a number of major flood defence schemes have been completed in the Shannon catchment area including Ennis Upper...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (12 Apr 2017)

Seán Canney: ...OPW) has undertaken significant flood relief works, either by undertaking such works directly or by funding works undertaken by Dublin City Council, on the north side of Dublin City over the last 15 years. The following major schemes have been carried out: Scheme/Works Year Completed River Tolka (Dublin City Council Area) 2008 Spencer Dock 2009Approximately €11 million was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (4 Apr 2017)

Seán Canney: .... Home and Farm Last November I announced that the Government had agreed a once-off Voluntary Home Relocation Scheme for those primary residential properties that flooded during Winter 2015/2016. This is a scheme of humanitarian assistance, targeting aid at those worst affected properties, for which there are no alternative, feasible measures. The Office of Public Works is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Canney: The first thing I would say is that last year we spent €15.338 million on channel clearing, some €5 million of which was spent on the tributaries coming into the River Shannon. We have spent money on the River Boyne, the River Glyde in Monaghan, the River Inny, the River Brosna, the Broadmeadow River, the River Corrib, the River Moy, in Donegal - the Deputy is gone but we did...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works, OPW, spent over €1.8 million on capital flood relief activities in the counties of Galway and Roscommon in 2016. Table 1 sets out the details of that expenditure. Table 1 Project County Actual Expenditure 2016 Claregalway Flood Relief Scheme Galway €1,165,722 Dunkellin River Flood Relief Scheme Galway €427,188 Ballycolgan Minor Works...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Flood Prevention Measures (27 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: ...a number of matters because people continue to say that nothing is being done. By the end of this year there will be 12 major flood relief schemes under construction compared with four in 2015. I agree that there has been much talk about the Shannon and very little action. I assure the Senator that it is my intention to ensure we deliver as quickly as possible. The important point...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works provides guided services at 70 historic sites nationwide, admitting almost 5 million visitors last year. These sites are operated either on a full-time or a seasonal basis and include nationally and internationally known locations such as Newgrange, Clonmacnoise and the Rock of Cashel. OPW also facilitates public access at about 300 open National Monument sites...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: ...the House that flood relief is high on the Government's agenda. My Department will have 12 major flood relief schemes under construction by the end of this year, compared with four projects in 2015. This marks a sign of huge progress in the area of flood relief. The €430 million capital expenditure previously announced for flood relief is intact, and we will spend €50...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: In terms of channel clearing, this year alone the OPW has spent €15 million, some €5 million of which was spent on the Shannon basin. In some cases the local authorities have responsibility for cleaning channels and in others, it is the responsibility of the Office of Public Works. The OPW funds the local authorities to clear some channels. There are channels which are not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: Expenditure by the Office of Public Works in the period 2004 to the end of June 2016 on flood relief activities and measures amounts to approximately €402 million, of which €292 million relates to expenditure on major flood relief schemes. A breakdown of this expenditure on major schemes is shown by county in the table below. The remaining €110 million is made up of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: Expenditure by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in the period 2011 to the end of June 2016 on capital flood relief measures and activities amounts to approximately €234 million, of which €197.4 million relates to major flood relief schemes, OPW's Minor Flood Mitigation & Coastal Protection Scheme and on the funding provided to Local Authorities for storm damage repair...

Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (6 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: ...throughout the country last winter. I will cut to the chase. The total funding available to the Office of Public Works for its overall flood risk management programme in 2016 is €80.746 million. This amount includes expenditure on capital flood relief works, drainage maintenance activities, the catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, programme, purchase of plant...

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: ...maintenance and preservation of the sites. The marketing of the sites is carried out in collaboration with Fáilte Ireland. I hope that in future there will be more collaboration. A total of €5 million, for example, was invested in Kilmainham Jail in 2016. That will increase visitor numbers from 350,000 to 500,000. That is the type of growth we wish to achieve, and we want...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank the gentlemen for coming in. On page one of his statement, Mr. Cummins describes how a new streamlined process has been developed for delivering social housing of up to €2 million or 15 units, so that the units can be delivered faster. Mr. Cummins should correct me if I am wrong - my understanding is that this is a devolved grant whereby the Department of the Environment,...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: ...make is that we went through the procurement and approval processes for any type of building project and I fail to understand why the association is happy enough that the threshold is only €2 million which would deliver 15 units but the delivery of 30 units would involve a process of four approvals from the Department on each occasion. My understanding is that the Department does...