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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 Risk Insurance Cover Provision (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has no role or function in relation to the oversight or regulation of insurance matters. The provision of insurance cover and the price at which it is offered is a commercial matter for insurance companies and is based on an assessment of the risks they are willing to accept and adequate provisioning to meet those risks. In March 2014, a Memorandum of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 517 and 519 together. The Office of Public Works (OPW) has no role or function in relation to the oversight or regulation of insurance matters. The provision of insurance cover and the price at which it is offered is a commercial matter for insurance companies and is based on an assessment of the risks they are willing to accept and adequate provisioning...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (19 Jul 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 300 locations nationwide (Areas for Further Assessment or AFAs), the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Interdepartmental Meetings (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: The Inter-Departmental Flood Policy Co-ordination Group did not meet between 2011 and 2014. In July 2015 the Group was reconvened as the National CFRAM Programme approached the stage of preparation of Flood Risk Management Plans, which would in turn require the consideration of whole-of-Government responses to flood risk. The Group met on 3 occasions in 2015 and presented an interim...

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...

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

Seán Canney: This area 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 maintenance, nor any authority to carry out any works there. Flood problems, in the first instance, are a matter for each local authority to investigate and address. Kerry...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Bullying in the Workplace (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: I am informed by the Commissioners of Public Works that, in accordance with the relevant Code of Practice of the Workplace Relations Commission, all matters relating to such cases are confidential. In the circumstances, it would be inappropriate for me to make any comment on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (20 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 to 277, inclusive, together. Since the Supreme Court struck down specific legislation enacted for the Great Blasket Island progress on the management and development of the Island has been made on an incremental basis as resources permit. Following a public consultation process facilitated by Kerry County Council a management plan was made widely...

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

Seán Canney: The rivers in question are contained in the Eastern Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. Good progress is being made on the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (21 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 394 to 396, inclusive, together. The River Erne and Dromore River do 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 maintenance, nor any authority to carry out any works there. Local flooding issues are,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (21 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 and 398 together. It is a matter for Cavan and Monaghan County Councils in the first instance to identify and address localised flooding issues in their counties. It is open to the Councils to undertake any local flood mitigation works using their own resources or, if necessary, to submit an application for funding under the Office of Public Works'...

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

Seán Canney: Durrow Abbey House is held by the Arts for Peace Foundation (AFP) on a full repairing and insuring lease. I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland that they undertook emergency remedial works to prevent water ingress to Durrow Abbey in May/June 2016. In January 2012 the sum of €250,000 was allocated for essential works to the fabric of the property subject to...

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

Seán Canney: The Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme is at design stage, with the outline design currently being finalised in tandem with an Environmental Impact Statement. It is expected to hold a formal, statutory Public Exhibition later this year, when statutory consultees, affected landowners and the public will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed scheme. Following this, work on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: The subject of insurance against the risk of flooding is among the cross-sectoral flood policy risk issues which will be addressed in the forthcoming report to Government from the Inter-Departmental Flood Policy Co-Ordination Group. The Group is reviewing whole-of-Government policies to support the OPW Flood Risk Management Plans, and is due to report to me with its recommendations shortly....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (21 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: I am informed by the Commissioners of Public Works that the OPW fills positions from time to time on a permanent basis as vacancies arise and subject to the business needs of the organisation, in accordance with its delegated sanction.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The core strategy for addressing significant flood risks nationally is the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. Killarney is one of 27 locations (AFAs) in the South West River Basin District and 300 locations nationwide that are being assessed under the Programme, the purpose of which is to implement the EU Floods Directive and national flood policy. The area...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Tenders received by OPW for the proposed construction of a Coast Guard Station at Greystones, County Wicklow, are under consideration in conjunction with the Irish Coast Guard Service and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, as client, and a decision is expected imminently.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The property referred to by the Deputy 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 this channel. Local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address, and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The Interdepartmental Flood Policy Co-ordination Group is considering a range of policy issues and options in relation to flood risk management, including the potential costs and benefits associated with the introduction of a voluntary home relocation scheme. The work of the Group will, when completed, be submitted to Government for consideration in the context of the merits of the...