Results 1-20 of 134 for data protection speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

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

Patrick O'Donovan: ...for the most at-risk communities. The delivery of these Plans is supported by €1.3 billion through the National Development Plan to 2030. To date, 55 schemes have been completed, which are providing protection to over 13,000 properties and an economic benefit to the State in damages and losses avoided estimated to be in the region of €2 billion. The Catchment Flood Risk...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: ...scheme’s progress. The Dundalk/Blackrock South and Ardee projects are being progressed simultaneously and engineering and environmental consultants were appointed in 2020. The proposed scheme will protect some 1,880 properties when completed. The emerging scheme option for Dundalk/Blackrock South is expected later in 2024 and the finalisation of options appraisal for Ardee is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Coastal protection and localised flooding issues are matters, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address. To assist Local Authorities in managing the coastline for coastal erosion, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken a national assessment of coastal erosion (including erosion rates) under the Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (20 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Coastal protection and localised flooding issues are matters, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address. To assist Local Authorities in managing the coastline for coastal erosion, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken a national assessment of coastal erosion (including erosion rates) under the Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...by the latest flood event. The CCTV survey will incorporate specialist drone camera technology and it is expected the survey will be completed by the end of February. Following a review of the data it is proposed that the appointed Engineering Consultant for the Raphoe Flood Relief Scheme will be tasked with designing and costing a solution for the culvert failure at Railway Road along...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (8 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Coastal protection and localised flooding issues are matters, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address. To assist local authorities in managing the coastline for coastal erosion, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken a national assessment of coastal erosion (including erosion rates) under the Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...programme. Cork County Council is leading the design of the scheme and in 2017 appointed engineering and environmental consultants. Designing any flood relief scheme is complicated and requires data on the flood sources and their associated risks. Midleton has proven to be one of the most complex schemes. It has flood risks from four sources, fluvial, tidal, groundwater and pluvial. In...

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 number of occasions in the Dáil. It is a far bigger scheme. Actually, since Storm Babet, led by Cork County Council as the lead authority, and with the consulting engineers Arup, we have used the data that has been collected on foot of Storm Babet to make sure that the scheme as it was designed would have protected the properties had it been built. That work is almost finished...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Coastal protection and localised flooding issues are matters, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address. To assist Local Authorities in managing the coastline for coastal erosion, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken a national assessment of coastal erosion (including erosion rates) under the Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Coastal protection and localised flooding issues are matters, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address. To assist Local Authorities in managing the coastline for coastal erosion, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken a national assessment of coastal erosion (including erosion rates) under the Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (5 Dec 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...scheme’s progress. The Dundalk/Blackrock South and Ardee projects are being progressed simultaneously and engineering and environmental consultants were appointed in 2020. The proposed scheme will protect some 1,880 properties when completed. The scheme option for Dundalk/Blackrock South is expected in Q3 2024 and Ardee is currently at options review. Consultants for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (29 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...transport processes and the evolution of the breach location. There is no evidence to support the removal of the installed rock armour at the southern extent of Rossbeigh. This rock armour protects dune habitat, the access road, and the playground. The removal of the rock armour would increase the vulnerability of these assets. It is also noted that the dune system as a whole is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The one in 100-years event the Deputy referred to is the international norm for best practice for acceptable defences that can be put in place for climate adaptation and resilience to protect communities. It is not, therefore, unusual. I met Galway City Council’s engineers when I was down there. In six weeks, we saw four catastrophic events, Storm Debi included. It would be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...scheme’s progress. The Dundalk/Blackrock South and Ardee projects are being progressed simultaneously and engineering and environmental consultants were appointed in 2020. The proposed scheme will protect some 1,880 properties when completed. The scheme option for Dundalk/Blackrock South is expected in Q3 2024 and Ardee is currently at options review. Consultants for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ..., evacuating people from their homes, widespread rolling road closures, and cancelling of school transport and power outages. The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme administered by the Department of Social Protection was activated on the 19thOctober 2023 to support households in Midleton and other affected areas. In addition, Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...National Flood Risk Policy. A broad range of structural and non-structural measures have already been implemented to address flood risk under an approach structured around three pillars: prevention, protection and preparedness. In 2018, to establish those communities that are at risk from significant flood events, the OPW completed the largest study of flood risk ever undertaken by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...significant impact on flood risk in Ireland. It is projected that the number of heavy rainfall days per year will increase, which would lead to an increase in flood risk. According to Met Éireann data, July 2023 was the wettest July that has ever been recorded, with prolonged heavy rainfall on 14th and 15th. July 2023 also had more than four times the amount of rain observed in July...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...trebled to 98 schemes. Together with the 53 schemes already completed or substantially completed, this means that the OPW and Local Authorities have completed, or are now actively working on, projects to protect 80% of those properties to be protected in this decade. In addition to the flood relief schemes noted above, the OPW Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...2021–2030 (NDP). This investment has allowed the OPW to treble the number of flood relief schemes at design, planning, and construction to some 100 schemes. To date, 53 schemes have been completed, which are providing protection to over 12,000 properties and an economic benefit to the State in damage and losses avoided estimated to be in the region of €1.9 billion....