Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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627. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified architects and structural engineers employed by the OPW in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45487/25]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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The WTE qualified architects and structural engineers employed by the OPW in 2024 and to-date in 2025 is as follows:

Recent competition were held for Architects and Senior Architects and circa 20 candidates are expected to be assigned in the coming weeks. 

OPW also employ Engineers in Mechanical and Electrical, Fire and Security, Mechanical Engineering Field Services and Civil Engineers.  The total number of Engineers employed in OPW in 2024 was 171 and currently there are 178 Engineers in total.

Joanna Byrne (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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628. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail all the OPW-owned sites in County Louth. [45498/25]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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The table attached at Appendix 1 shows the properties / sites in the ownership of the Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) in County Louth.

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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629. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocation made to Clare County Council under the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme for the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45622/25]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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Coastal protection and localised flooding issues are matters, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address. The Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was introduced by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on an administrative, non-statutory basis in 2009. The purpose of the scheme is to provide funding to local authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to address localised flooding and coastal protection problems within their administrative areas. Since 2009, the OPW has approved funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme of circa €3.9 million to county Clare for some 43 projects.

Total OPW funding approved for Clare County Council under this scheme for the years 2022 to 2024 inclusive was €276,423, with a further €104,797 approved in 2025 to date. Details of the approved Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme projects for Clare County Council from 2022 to the present day are as follows: