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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In my opinion that is not enough. It is not working. The child and disability network teams are chronically understaffed. They cannot recruit and retain people. CAMHS teams have half the staff they need. We had school principals in the Houses last week saying they and teachers are burnt out and stressed and they cannot recruit people. They are actually relying on people who are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course I accept and am aware that we have many cases across our public services of patients who are being let down and of constituents who are not receiving the attention and care we believe they should. However, the analysis the Deputy put forward, that this is due to our inability to recruit and keep staff, is completely at odds with the reality of what has happened in the growth of our...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his commitment to this and for visiting the area on more than one occasion and for spending quite a bit of time there. I am sure he will join me in my frustration at the lack of progress. It is not his fault at all. With respect to Mogeely, the council is going to appoint a number of consulting engineers in the coming weeks. It has been almost nine months...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy. I appreciate his utter frustration. In my role as Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW, my main purpose in visiting Midleton recently was to get a full picture as to where the schemes were at. The OPW is actively engaging with Cork County Council on progressing the substantive main scheme. The only timeframe that is within the control of the council is the...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his personal commitment to this. If the tide was in and if it had happened at night, we would have been hauling coffins down the road a few days later. People would have drowned in Midleton because it was that serious, it happened that fast and the water was that deep. It made headlines all over the world because it was so devastating. The Minister of...

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

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

David Stanton: That is nine years later. Why does it take so long to deal with so important and devastating an issue in this country? It will have taken nine years for people to get their act together and put a plan in place. The planning application has to be lodged but we do not know how long it will take for a decision on that application to be finalised. There may also be objections. The Government...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Has it taken longer than one would have liked? Yes. I have been in this role for a short period. Storm Babet was certainly a factor. Anything being put forward had to be proofed against such a storm. Once again, I will note that the main scheme will take a number of years to complete. We therefore must look at what must be done now to protect people's homes in Midleton, Castlemartyr,...

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

Heritage Sites

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