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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The final phase of the refurbishment works for Fitzgibbon St commenced in January this year and are scheduled to take 12 months to complete. Please see below a list of Garda Stations refurbishments, which exceed €250,000 in value, and which are scheduled to be carried out during the period 2020 to 2022. Garda Station Year of proposed works ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Data (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy very shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy very shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: Under the 2017 Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme stage payments are released to Homeowners as they meet the eligibility criteria of the Scheme.  This will vary on a case by case basis as Homeowners progress through the different stages of the Scheme. It is not possible to provide information at County level, as this presents a risk that individual homeowners could be identified.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of Arterial Drainage Schemes and catchment drainage schemes designated under the Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945 and 1995. The OPW is responsible for the maintenance of the channel in question. The OPW will inspect the channel and if necessary arrange for weed and vegetation cutting to take place, taking into account...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The Office and Public Works (OPW) and Galway County Council are working together on the development of the Gort Lowlands Flood Relief Scheme with Galway County Council acting as the Contracting Authority for the project and funding being provided by the OPW. The combinations of river water, groundwater, swallow holes and turloughs in the karst Gort Lowlands catchment makes this area...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: Flood relief measures were identified for Portumna in the Shannon Catchment Flood Risk Management Plan which was published in May 2018. The Portumna Flood Relief Scheme is one of 59 projects included in a second phase of implementation of the Government's full flood relief investment programme which there is a full commitment to progress in the coming years and within the 10 year...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: It is proposed to build a new Garda Station for An Garda Síochána on the portion of the site owned by the Office of Public Works (OPW). The new Station  will be developed as part of an OPW  designed Public Private Partnership project in collaboration with An Garda Síochána, Dept. of Justice and Equality and the National Development Finance Agency....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: Moyne Abbey is a privately owned property where the National Monument is in the Guardianship of the State.  Rosserk Abbey is owned by the State.  Both Monuments are in a good state of conservation repair and there are no major fabric works required other than light maintenance which is undertaken on a regular basis.  There are no investment plans to develop...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has invested approximately €11m on flood relief capital projects on the Rivers Shannon and Suck channels since the end of 2015. The projects listed below will be implemented over the course of the National Development Plan to 2027. Construction is well advanced on the Athlone scheme and design and planning work is well underway on the others in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Question Heading (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: In regard to Graiguenamanagh, in May, 2015 at the request of Kilkenny County Council, the Office of Public Works approved funding for the appointment of consultants to undertake a study on the feasibility of implementing Individual Property Protection (IPP) resources in Graiguenamanagh/Thomastown, and how best to organise and implement such a scheme.  The pilot study included a detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The OPW has not developed a specific cost-benefit analysis for areas impacted by turlough flooding, but all project funding appraisals are required to comply with the general requirements of the updated Public Spending Code, as well as any specific requirements set out in the relevant funding schemes, such as the OPW’s Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The delivery of the Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory Project at the Backweston campus is managed by the Office of Public Works. The preferred Main Contractor and Reserved Specialists have been identified and notified. Construction is expected to start in Q1 2020 once final budgetary approval is received from the Department of Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The Shannon Flood Risk State Co-ordination Working Group was established by Government Decision in 2016.  The Group was established, at that time, following severe flooding arising from exceptional weather conditions from December, 2015 to January, 2016.  As part of the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme, a Shannon study included 67 of the 300...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The OPW does not administer grants, or Government humanitarian funds, for communities affected by flooding, and any such funds are the responsibility of other Departments.  The emergency response in relation to flood events is the responsibility of the Local Authorities, under the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Local flooding issues are a matter, in the first...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: In addition to maintenance works the OPW undertakes on its arterial drainage schemes in Co. Roscommon (the Boyle, Corrib Clare, and Ballyglass (Knockcroghery) Arterial Drainage Schemes), the OPW has funded Minor Flood Mitigation Works for works in Roscommon over the previous 5 years as follows: 2019 - €65,244 2018 - €15,252 2017 - €428,060 2016 - €6,548 2015 -...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: I am advised, in respect of coastal erosion at the Burrow, Portrane, County Dublin, that Fingal County Council is leading on this issue, as it is a matter for local authorities in the first instance to assess and address problems of coastal erosion in their areas.  Where necessary, local authorities may put forward proposals to relevant central Government Departments, including the OPW,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: The Government agreed to the establishment of an Inter-Departmental Group to scope out an approach for the development of an integrated, whole of Government coastal strategy, for managing our changing coast and to report back to Government within a period of 6 months with its initial findings and recommendations.  The Inter-Departmental Group will be established shortly and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: Mountrath, Co. Laois was one of the 300 areas studied under the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme.  The detailed assessment of the flood risk undertaken in this area found that the potential options identified for the area were not deemed to be cost beneficial and therefore no viable scheme was identified at this time.  The Flood Risk Management...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme (5 Mar 2020)

Kevin Moran: In April 2017, the Government agreed the administrative arrangements for a once-off Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme for those primary residential properties that flooded during the flooding event in Winter 2015/2016. It was a national scheme of humanitarian assistance, targeting aid at those worst affected properties, for which there were no alternative feasible measures. The...