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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (9 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: 45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the status of a restoration project (details supplied); when he expects the project to be reopened to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29428/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (9 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I want to give the Minister of State an opportunity to update the House on the status of the restoration of Barryscourt Castle in Carrigtwohill, one of the finest examples of a castle in the country. Much good work has been done there. The Minister of State has been there recently, visiting the castle. He has seen for himself what went on. I believe he climbed up onto the ramparts as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: She probably has a good update then. When approved, the steering group will publish the updated steering programme to the project website shortly thereafter. It may be worth noting that The Connacht Tribune in early March 2024 published an article stating that the planning for this scheme was now delayed to 2027. Given that the preferred option for the scheme is not yet confirmed, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for taking a hands-on approach. I did meet with the engineers in relation to outlining this. My difficulty, however, as the Minister of State knows, is the huge delay. Repeatedly in the replies it states that originally it was meant for 312 properties and then it became 940, but it actually became 940 in a reply I got in September 2021. Therefore, nearly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The consultants are in the process of updating the scheme's programme, which is planned to be considered and approved, as I said, by the project steering group at its next meeting, tomorrow, 10 July. When approved, the steering group will publish the updated scheme programme to the project's website thereafter. I understand that this has been a long process; however, due to the increased...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for his letter to me and all that. I have to put on the record, however, that CFRAM goes back over a decade. I was there as a city councillor when that wonderful work was carried out. It was crystal clear to us, however, and we had no expertise, that they were working on the basis of events happening once every hundred years. We have been flooded nearly every...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will take the matters in reverse order. The council recently submitted a request for additional funding to the OPW for an increase in consultancy fees to facilitate the revised scope, and these have been approved by the OPW. As I said, the consultants are in the process of updating the scheme's programme, which will be considered by the project steering group tomorrow, 10 July. I do not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is equally important to work with the people.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: That goes without saying. In my role as Minister of State, I have always valued this. Flooding has been with me all my political life, and the people on the ground have a major input to make in terms of both public participation and, in many cases, knowledge.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Flood Relief Schemes

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

James O'Connor: 44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering increased funding for flood relief projects in tranche 2 of the OPW flood relief works to include the areas of Rathcormack, Mogeely and Castlemartyr; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29501/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on the progress made regarding flood defences in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29429/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I ask the Minister what progress has been made with respect to flood defences in east Cork. It is almost nine months now since we saw the utterly devastating impact Storm Babet had on Midleton and the surrounding area. People and businesses are still reeling after it. The Minister of State visited east Cork recently. I thank him for that and for the personal interest he has shown, but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 and 59 together. I know of Deputy Stanton's absolute commitment to this issue and his long-standing representation in Midleton. I was down there in my role as Minister of State with responsibility for local government and, more recently, in my role as Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW. I visited Midleton and I am aware of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his answer and I sincerely hope the review can be completed shortly. Obviously, when the Department is disbursing public money, there has to be a cost-benefit ratio but one thing that concerns me is that in assessing the merit of flood relief schemes, not enough consideration is given to sparsely populated areas and to roads and arterial routes that may have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Deputy Durkan has a supplementary question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I will make a quick intervention in support of my colleague, Deputy Smith. It is important to recognise that strategic flood alleviation has to be undertaken on an ongoing basis. The emphasis has been on flood plains and so forth but the whole country should not have to become a flood plain. When roads become flooded, they disintegrate. Their foundations become soft and they cannot carry...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I take on board the points made by Deputy Smith and in my consideration of the review of the scheme, I will take those factors into account. I note the points he makes and I also note the points made by Deputy Durkan. In terms of the review of the scheme, I will take everything in the round. My officials are the professionals in the area but I am a practising politician like the Deputies...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Bernard Durkan: It is ongoing.