Results 21-40 of 351 for long speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ....ie. 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 of the Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Studies. The FRMPs included the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Féin. If you talk to anybody around the country, they are disgusted that Sinn Féin would link the atrocious attack on a young girl to the resignation of the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner. They need to take a long look at themselves.

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

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of groynes would represent a significant human intervention impacting sediment transport processes. Whilst the merits of such interventions remain under consideration if they are beneficial to the long-term sustainability of the dune system, there is no merit in the installation of such measures at this time, particularly considering the more recent recovery of the dune habitat. A...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...is off the scale. We want to encourage people into the discipline of civil engineering because it is a great career. As well as that, we need that expertise. The Deputy knows as well as I do how long it takes to train a civil engineer. It takes a minimum of four years in university and then they have to serve their time after that. These are not skill sets we will magic up. However,...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Callows are in flood. The Shannon flood risk State agency co-ordination group last met on 11 October 2023 and discussed a range of issues relating to work under way to assist with flood risk management along the River Shannon. This includes a project for the removal of the pinch points through the Callows region between Athlone and Meelick weir. The Shannon Callows includes two sites...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: ...events in Mornington in August and again in October of this year. This investigation will inform any appropriate short term measures that can be taken to manage the flood risk in this area and in the longer term the design for those further flood relief defences currently proposed. The first part of this report for the August event is currently being finalised. An additional part will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of 2024. The information available to the OPW suggests that Red Hugh escaped one of the two guard towers on Castle Street by means of the garderobe and fled via the town ditch. These towers are long demolished and have been replaced by elements of the conference centre. Given the fact that this area is largely inaccessible to the public, it is the view of OPW that the memory of Red...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...in County Kerry took a building from us. Kerry County Council took a former Garda station from us in Moyvane, County Kerry. Sometimes it is not necessary to do it by way of sale. It can also be by long-term lease from public body to public body if it means we are facilitating a community group, for instance. We have groups such as first responders, ICA, men's sheds, and things like...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...funding from the Office of Public Works. Persons provided in this way work exclusively on the delivery of those schemes, for which the local authorities are ultimately the lead agent. We have a long history of working with the local authorities. I should point out that, notwithstanding the issues that are there, we have completed a substantial number of schemes in recent years. This...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...privately owned homes pledged through the Irish Red Cross. On 11 April 2022, the Government agreed that the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) would lead on addressing the medium and long-term need to develop capacity for Ukrainian arrivals including the possible provision of rapid build accommodation. A Task-force was set up, led by the DHLGH, to oversee a...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Callows is a natural floodplain, which floods in winter. Summer flooding in the Shannon Callows region is also a real concern when there is heavy summer rainfall. Possible approaches to provide a long term solution to summer flooding in the Shannon Callows are being developed by the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group (the Group). The Shannon Callows includes two...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: ...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 2022 and more than twice that observed in July 2021. On a day to day basis,...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: ...organisations with roles and responsibilities that involve the River Shannon catchment can further monitor and co-ordinate their respective work programmes to assist with managing flood risk along the Shannon catchment. To add to the overall flood protection from flood relief schemes, the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Coordination Working Group produces an annual Work Programme that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...house built within an extensive estate.In 1994, the Office of Public Works took responsibility for Castletown House and estate. Initially, this was only 13 acres of land with the house. It has long been the policy of the OPW to seek to reunite the historic Castletown estate. In 1997, one hundred acres south of the house was acquired. The farmyard adjacent to the house was acquired in 2001....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...support work to replace the temporary prop currently in situ. It is expected this work will commence early 2024. A Conservation Management Plan for Loughcrew is being commissioned as part of the long-term preservation efforts for this site.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2023)

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.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...whether mitigating measures can be taken in parallel to the construction of the Glanmire flood relief scheme. Once Cork City Council has completed its assessment of which needs are interim versus long-term - because of the limitations we have on the amount of time we can work on the river - we will certainly look at that. I will refer Deputy Stanton's issue around car insurance to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Properties (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...acquire a substantial property consisting of offices and warehousing in the Shannon area was identified. The property was acquired by the Office of Public Works and has the potential to meet the long-term requirements of the Department of Transport and other State bodies in the area. A master-planning exercise for the newly acquired building was under way when, in 2022, the building was...