Robert Troy

Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health If an appointment can be expedited for a constituent (details supplied).

Micheál Carrigy

Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the 107-day waiting time for urgent outpatient paediatric referrals at Regional Hospital Mullingar; if she will intervene in the case of a 5-month-old infant (details supplied) who has been…

Micheál Carrigy

Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if eligible teaching staff are entitled to apply for a scheme (details supplied); if she can confirm that doing so will not impact on their maternity leave benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Peter Burke

In April of last year, I obtained Government approval for the general scheme of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill. Upon enactment, the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill will provide, for the first time, a comprehensive statutory framework governing the short-term letting…

Peter Burke

My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for inward investment screening. The Screening of Third Country Transactions Act, 2023, commenced on the 6th of January 2025, provides for the implementation of Ireland’s inward investment screening mechanism…

Peter Burke

The Large Energy User Action Plan (LEAP) is a medium-term plan that seeks to enable Ireland to attract the next-generation of investment in strategic energy-intensive sectors. It does this by seeking to address growth and development barriers impacting energy-intensive industry…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy.

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works (OPW) is a scheduled office of Government, and its staff are bound by the statutory obligations set out under the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001, as well as the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. The OPW operates under a…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works (OPW) is a scheduled office of Government, and its staff are bound by the statutory obligations set out under the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001, as well as the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Under the Civil Service Code of…

Micheál Carrigy

Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Transport the total number of successful applications processed under the recent ICE2EV pilot scrappage scheme; the timeline for completing the departmental review into the scheme's emission-reduction impacts and geographic value for…

Micheál Carrigy

Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans for the Corlea Trackway; the timeline of implementation; the funding available; and to confirm a start date for the project.

Kevin Boxer Moran

Corlea Trackway is an Iron Age roadway, or togher, located near Keenagh in County Longford and dating from approximately 148 BC. It is one of the most significant surviving examples of an Iron Age wooden trackway in Europe, with an 18-metre section of the original structure…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works endeavours to prioiritise accessibilty across its owned buildings, structures and monuments a) as far as is practicable in the case of protected structures and b) in compliance with the Technical Guidance Documents of the Building Regulations in…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The OPW are responsible for achieving the targets for building and transport emissions as set out in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 and the annually updated Public Sector Climate Action Mandate, which commits Ireland to a strategic direction to…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works (OPW) can confirm that there is a schedule of maintenance and capital works planned for Portarlington Garda Station to include the following: Exterior painting and window repairs. Structural and Fire Compliance Upgrades. These works are included in the…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Shannon Town and its Environs are at risk of flooding from both coastal and fluvial (stream/river) sources. The main sources of coastal flooding risk are wave water overtopping of the embankment crest driven by strong winds during high tide periods and also through any potential…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works (OPW) can confirm that the following refurbishment and maintenance works completed at Santry Garda Station in 2026: • Painting of various rooms. • Asbestos removal from back stair, and redecoration. • Replacement of some floor coverings. • Installation…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works is responsible for the conservation, maintenance and presentation of over 780 National Monuments and 33 Historic Properties nationwide. Dunguaire Castle was built around 1520, it is believed to have been built on the site of the Dún (or fort) of Guaire…

Kevin Boxer Moran

In 2018 the OPW completed the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. CFRAM identified and described the flood risk and potential viable flood relief options in 29 river basins (including the Barrow River Basin and the towns of Mountmellick and…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Localised flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address, and a Local Authority may carry out flood mitigation works using its own resources. Local Authorities may apply to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding for…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Cork County Council with funding from the Office of Public Works (OPW), for nine staff for flood projects across the county, is leading the delivery of a flood relief scheme for Carrigaline. The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme, (CFRAM), was the largest…

Kevin Boxer Moran

In October 2024, the OPW approved €5.8m in funding for Cork County Council to make Individual Property Protection (IPP) (i.e. flood barriers/gates) available free of charge to an estimated 923 home and business owners who were so badly impacted by Storm Babet in Midleton (749)…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Since 2018 and with funding from the National Development Plan, the OPW has trebled, to some 100, the number of flood relief schemes at design, planning or construction nationally. To date, the OPW has invested some €590m in 57 completed flood relief schemes, to protect 13,640…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Between 2022 and 2025, the Office of Public Works engaged a consultant engineer to undertake monitoring and preliminary testing of the cracking that was observed in the external walls of Shannon Garda Station, to ensure that there were no safety issues with the building. The…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The River Bride overtops its banks both upstream and downstream of Crookstown Bridge during flood events, affecting residential properties and local and regional roads. The 2014 Lee Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme examined the flood risk at…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Cork County Council with funding from the Office of Public Works (OPW), for nine staff for flood projects across the county, is leading the delivery of the Midleton Flood Relief Scheme. Of these, four staff work exclusively on the Midleton Flood Relief Scheme. Funding for this…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme, the largest study of flood risk in the country, studied the flood risk for some two thirds of the population. The 2018 Flood Risk Management Plans were the output from the CFRAM study and identified some 150…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Government has committed €1.3 billion to the delivery of some 150 Flood Relief Schemes over the lifetime of the National Development Plan to protect approximately 23,000 properties in communities that are under threat from river and coastal flood risk. In 2019, the Bellurgan…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme, (CFRAM), completed in 2018 was the largest study of flood risk completed by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Since 2018, and working with Local Authorities, the OPW has trebled, to some 100, the number of Flood Relief…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Localised flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address, and a Local Authority may carry out flood mitigation works using its own resources. Local Authorities may apply to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding for…

Kevin Boxer Moran

I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 74 together. Clifden has a long history of flooding including in 2020 and more recently in November 2024. The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme, (CFRAM), was the largest study of flood risk and was completed by the…

Kevin Boxer Moran

In 2019, the Bellurgan Flood Relief Scheme was completed and is protecting 35 properties from significant flood risk. Through the agreed delivery model, and with Office of Public Works, (OPW), funding for 6.5 staff, Louth County Council is leading the delivery of five Flood…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Localised flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address, and a Local Authority may carry out flood mitigation works using its own resources. Local Authorities may…

Kevin Boxer Moran

I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 43 together. To date, the Office of Public Works has completed 57 flood relief schemes nationwide to protect 13,640 homes and businesses and to provide an economic benefit in damages and losses avoided estimated to be in the region of €2bn…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works (OPW) can confirm that there are refurbishment and maintenance works planned for Santry Garda Station, to commence in 2026/2027. In 2025, works to remove asbestos containing materials from the back stairs of the station took place. As a result of the…

Kevin Boxer Moran

I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 68 together. The Liffey Valley park strategy was published in 2006. It proposed a necklace of amenities along mainly public land by the River Liffey. These lands will provide recreational opportunities for the public and help to protect and…

Kevin Boxer Moran

Since 2018, and working with the local authority, the OPW has increased the number of flood relief schemes at design and construction by 100. This includes the Kilkee flood relief scheme, which is planned to protect 134 properties. The OPW is funding two staff members in Clare…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works and Galway County Council are working together on the development of the Gort lowlands flood relief scheme in south Galway. Galway County Council is acting as the lead authority. The Gort lowlands catchment area is a karst landscape that features a…

Kevin Boxer Moran

To establish which communities are at risk from significant flood events, in 2018, the OPW completed the largest study of flood risk ever undertaken by the State. The OPW catchment-based flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, programme was undertaken by engineering…

Kevin Boxer Moran

The Office of Public Works has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing and maintaining a substantial and complex estate. This diverse portfolio includes office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property estate of An Garda Síochána and the properties of…