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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: This Government is committed to removing accommodation as a barrier to education. In November 2022, the Government approved the development of both a short and long term policy responses to increase the supply of student accommodation. In the short term, as part of this response, Government supported the activation of student accommodation projects in our Universities with planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (18 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...not be entitled to derive any benefit from a period of unlawful presence in the State. As the Deputy is aware the Department of Justice recently ran a time-limited Regularisation Scheme for Long-Term Undocumented Migrants which closed for applications in August 2022. The Scheme had two strands: Strand 1 was open to applicants who had a period of 4 years residence in the State...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: It has long been the policy of the OPW to seek to reunite the historic demesne lands of Castletown Estate. The Commissioners of Public Works acquired Castletown House and 13 acres of land in 1994. In 1997, one hundred acres south of the house was acquired. The farmyard adjacent to the house was acquired in 2001. In 2006, lands associated with the Batty Langley Lodge were acquired with former...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: .... In addition to the identified schemes, a number of further schemes were also found to be technically feasible, but their estimated costs were considered to marginally exceed their long-term benefits, making them not economically viable based on the level of assessment under the CFRAM programme. The FRMPs included the recommendation to undertake a review of these potential...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Mar 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...number of months. As stated in my previous response the OPW will seek a suitable site for a new Garda Station in the Castletroy/ Annacotty area of Limerick when the Business Case process is complete and the long term requirements of An Garda Síochána in the area are confirmed.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The OPW will seek a suitable site for a new Garda Station in the Castletroy/ Annacotty area of Limerick when the Business Case process is complete and the long term requirements of An Garda Síochána in the area are confirmed. A Business Case is required to comply with the provisions of Public Spending Code where it is considered that the acquisition of a property is required....

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...as part of that process. The review is nearing completion and we will report on how our rental market can be made more efficient and affordable and how we can make it work for all. It will take a longer term view of the issue and put forward solutions to problems that have been festering for many years. This review is on top of what we have already introduced in the rental market,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (5 Mar 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: The OPW will seek a suitable site for a new Garda Station in the Castletroy area when a Business Case is finalised by An Garda Síochána in relation to their long term requirements in the area.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...its portfolio under review considering future accommodation requirements of our client base, and broader government policy. Although this site was previously noted by the Land Development Agency as having long term potential as a redevelopment site for residential, there are currently no active plans to relocate existing activities from the site.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...also undertaken to put a trash screen in place at the upstream end as a temporary measure to reduce the risk of future debris build up within the culvert until such time as the flood relief scheme can deliver the long term culvert replacement. Once in place, there will be ongoing monitoring of debris build-up on the trash screen with clearance undertaken as necessary.

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

Patrick O'Donovan: The building referenced is still allocated to An Garda Síochána on a temporary basis and the long term use of the building is under consideration.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ..., I was in my native city of Limerick giving consent to Limerick City and County Council to proceed to tender on the King's Island flood relief scheme, which will protect 528 properties. It is a long-awaited scheme. The scheme for Morrison's Island in Cork city, which has been devastated on many occasions, has gone to tender and will protect more than 410 properties. In tandem with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...requirements across Government, there is a variety of solutions available depending on the circumstances and it is important to keep a dynamic portfolio that has flexibility to meet the evolving long term needs of Government. When the State is acquiring significant property for office accommodation, the new build or purchase options are considered on a case by case basis in accordance with...

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: ...OPW is charged with designing the workplace of the future for the Civil Service. It aims to deliver accommodation that facilitates more agile ways of working to meet our future needs. In particular, we are actively engaging with our clients in the context of their operational requirements and their long-term blended working policies to ensure that they have the right-sized accommodation...

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 will take the last point first. As Deputy Durkan will know, the issue of Castletown House has preoccupied me and the Department for quite a long time. I have never attempted to blame anybody for what is going on down there and I do not believe any of our officials would wish to. However, the reality is we sought in good faith to buy the lands adjoining Castletown House that were...

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 am not going to answer that question because I do not know how long it is going to take to get planning permission. Going back to the point raised by Deputy Durkan, I have purposely stated, at this committee and in replies to parliamentary questions from other Deputies, that I am not going to put a timeline on it. We are working with Cork County Council to get the planning process finished...

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: ...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 floodgates, non-return valves and barriers. Some work has...

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 National Trust in the UK, all its historic sites are umbrellaed and there is very clean ownership of them, which has been well established. If we go back far enough, the OPW was split up, long before I was a boy, when certain people above my paygrade decided it was better to split it and have a national monuments section and a national maintenance section. Whether that is the best...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...until this is completed. The public will be unable to access Cairn T until subsequent works are designed and completed and as assessment carried out at that time as to the short, medium and long term position is regarding protection of the monument. We cannot determine how long this will take until the design is completed and goes through the process of archaeological assessment...