Annual Report 2015 · OPW Annual Report 2015 6 Flood Risk Management A €430 million six-year programme of capital investment on flood risk management and defence measures was announced

OPW Annual Report 2015 1

Annual Report 2015


Contents :

1. Foreword by Chairman ............................................................................................ 3

2. Our Mission ....................................................................................................... 4

Mission Statement ............................................................................................... 4 3. Key Achievements …………………………………………………………………………..5

4. Review: Year 1 Statement of Strategy 2015 - 2017 ....................................................... 7

4.1 Estate Portfolio Management.......................................................................... 7

4.1.1 Property ........................................................................................... 7

4.1.2 Heritage ........................................................................................ 10

4.2 Flood Risk Management ............................................................................ 11

4.3 Corporate Services .................................................................................... 14

5. Expenditure Programme .......................................................................................... 15 6. OPW Statistics ……………………………………………………………………………… 16


1. Foreword by Chairman

This Annual Report reflects our progress in year one of our three-year Statement of Strategy 2015 -

2017.

In 2015, this Office continued to roll out major flood defence protection schemes around the country.

The need for these schemes became all too apparent towards the end of 2015. The capital allocation

for flood risk management has been increased significantly over the next 6 years, a reflection on the

increasing risk that flooding events pose to our country in particular our towns and cities and in line

with the near finalisation of the CFRAM programme which will identify and enable the advancement

of prioritised schemes for the provision of flood relief measures at community level.

The OPW introduced the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme in 2009 to

provide funding to enable Local Authorities to carry out small scale flood mitigation measures in their

own areas. In 2015, we approved 55 new projects bringing the total number of projects approved

since 2009 to 514.

The Office is committed to the implementation of the recommendation arising from the

capacity/capability review in the Estate Management area which is running in tandem with the work

being undertaken in property asset management reform with our colleagues across the public sector.

The Office relaunched the apprenticeship training programme in September 2014 as a priority

planning and skills retention issue for the OPW’s National Monuments works. Twenty-two

apprentices commenced training in 2014 and a further 5 stonecutters/stonemasons started in 2015.

As 2016 brings a new set of challenges, I am confident that with the dedication and commitment of

all of us in the OPW, we will continue to rise to these challenges and maintain our reputation for

excellence in service delivery.

Clare McGrath

Chairman


2. Our Mission

Mission Statement

The mission of the Office of Public Works is to use our experience and expertise to provide effective,

sustainable and innovative services to the public and to our clients with dedication, professionalism

and integrity, as directed by Government.

Functions

The core functions of the Office of Public Works (OPW) in 2015 related to Estate Portfolio

Management and Flood Risk Management. These operational areas were supported by Corporate

Services. The OPW is primarily concerned with the delivery of services to customers. Our customers

are the public, Government, other Departments, Offices, Agencies and the wider public service.


3. Key Achievements 2015 Estate Portfolio Management Under the Property Asset Management Delivery Plan the OPW completed the development of

an online intra State Property Register. At the end of 2015 there were circa 26,151 properties

registered on the State Property Register.

In 2015 we continued to deliver project works in relation to Intreo Office on behalf of the

Department of Social Protection and property rationalisation (e.g. Passport office, Hynes Building

Galway )

We were responsible for the design and project management of up to fifty individual building

projects. These included nine Garda stations, two of which were completed in 2015 and three

regional and divisional headquarters commenced on site in 2015.

The OPW has successfully expanded the Optimising Power @ Work energy conservation

campaign into a significant number of Public Sector organisations. Average energy savings of

approximately 5% have been achieved in buildings where the campaign has commenced.

Design and provision of the Irish pavilion at the Universal World Exposition 2015 held in Milan,

Italy. The Expo, with the theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life", hosted 145 Countries, 13

Non-Governmental Organisations, 3 International Organisations and 5 Corporate Bodies and ran

for 6 months from May 1st to October 31st 2015.

Heritage

• 4.9 million visitors to our guided Heritage sites in 2015. This is an increase of 10% on 2014

visitor numbers.

• As a 1916 commemoration project, major improvements began to the presentation of

Kilmainham Gaol, involving the incorporation of the adjacent Kilmainham Courthouse, with the

aim of facilitating increased annual visitor numbers from 331,000 to 500,000.

• OPW’s visitor sites were commended on Trip Advisor and on Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travel list

2015 confirms the positive impact of the work of our Heritage services.


Flood Risk Management

A €430 million six-year programme of capital investment on flood risk management and defence

measures was announced in 2015 as part of the Government’s overall Capital Investment Plan

(2016 – 2021).

In 2015 a total of €14.75m in storm damage repair funding was disbursed to local authorities

which included the balance of the funding approved in 2014 and an exceptional additional

amount of €3.3m for much needed projects.

• Flood maps were published for consultation under the National CFRAM Programme for the 300

communities considered to be at potentially significant risk and impact of flooding and a

programme of over 200 public consultation days on the flood maps was completed, with the

formal consultation period completed in December 2015.

• The OPW in collaboration with the relevant local authorities made significant progress on a

number of flood relief schemes in 2015 including Fermoy, Waterford, Bray, Ennis and the South

Campshires (Sir John Rogerson's Quay), the River Wad and the River Dodder in Dublin.

• The Arterial Drainage Maintenance Programme for 2015 was €15m. The primary function of the

Programme is to maintain the agricultural benefit conferred by drainage schemes carried out

under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945.

Corporate Services

• A new OPW intranet to enhance internal communications was launched in 2015.

• In 2015, the Office continued to support and enhance the capability of our workforce by offering

access to internally and externally delivered training courses, seminars, conferences,

information events and academic studies.

• Continued engagement with the Civil Service Management Board on the actions arising from

Civil Service Renewal.


4. Review: Year 1 Statement of Strategy 2015 - 2017

4.1 Estate Portfolio Management

The services in Property and Heritage are currently delivered under the unified heading of Estate Portfolio Management (EPM). The OPW holds and manages a large and diverse portfolio of property including 567 offices, 840 Garda premises, specialist properties and 780 Heritage sites.

4.1.1 Property In managing this portfolio, the OPW provides a shared service in the areas of property management and property maintenance incorporating architectural, engineering, valuation, quantity surveying, project management and facilities management services to central Government Departments and Agencies. Statement of Strategy (SOS) Key Objectives : Progress and Achievements during 2015 SOS 1. Develop a comprehensive Property Asset Management strategy, comprising; rationalisation, re-investment and maintenance options for the property portfolio; An asset management strategy in place to manage State property disposal; Establish a 20- year strategy for all OPW owned property

The Office Portfolio is comprised of

368 leases in 315 buildings

252 owned 'Office' buildings

877,935 sq.m./ 9,450,092 sq. feet

40.99% Leased (area)

59.01% Owned (area)

We acquired 22 new leases in 2015 comprising 52,956.42 sq.m office space with full year annual rental value of €3.78m. Lease surrenders continued in 2015 with 32 leases being surrendered thereby reducing the office footprint by 19,229.95 sq.m. The resultant saving in annual rent was €4.84m.

As part of the strategic management of the estate portfolio the OPW disposed of 29 non-operational properties in 2015 to a value of €3,598,698.

In March 2012 a site analysis was carried out on 139 OPW properties/sites. The sites in this analysis were divided into offices, attractions and yards/stores. 10 sites overlapped for example Kilkenny Castle is an attraction but also has an Office at that site. JFK Arboretum is an attraction and also has an Office and a yard/stores. The analysis breakdown is as follows: 39 Offices 83 Attractions 27 Yards/Stores.

Since 2012 the OPW has rationalised its Office accommodation and reduced its number from 39 to 32. Of the remaining Offices, two house our main offices in Trim, Co. Meath and 52 St. Stephens Green, twenty-four are dispersed throughout the country to accommodate our client business needs in the areas of engineering, architectural and heritage services and the remaining 6 are housed at our national monument and historic properties.

In relation to the workspace allocation in the OPW's primary office accommodation, the average square meters of net floor area per workstation in the Trim HQ building is 22.7. This was calculated in accordance with the ISEN Standard 15221 and includes a proportion of storage area; technical and amenity support, and circulation space. In our office in 52 St. Stephen's Green, the average square meters of net lettable area per workstation is 13.8.


SOS 2. Enhance the strategic capacity and capability in property asset management across the public service and streamline property asset management administration

• Our Chairman as Senior Responsible Officer continued to oversee progress on the 31 actions

set out in the published Property Asset Management Delivery Plan (PAMDP) which is designed to deliver on the Government's important property-related reform agenda. A Progress Report was submitted to Government on 14 July 2015 identifying areas of progress that have been achieved since July 2013 to-date.

During 2015 we commenced a programme of profiling a number of properties to a standard that defines the financial, spatial and environmental key performance indicators for assessing property asset performance.

Facilitating the efficient transfer of buildings and property between public bodies, the Protocols on Asset Sharing and Transfer were finalised by the Steering Group on Property Asset Management. The protocols were circulated by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to Departments/Offices.

During 2015 progress was made on developing and implementing:

A coordinated Disposals Policy on surplus or non-operational State Property.

A coordinated Acquisition Policy on State Property.

An introductory training course in property management for public property management personnel which will enhance the competencies and capacity of personnel working in this area.

SOS 3. Reactive building maintenance service replaced by planned & preventative maintenance programmes, informed by building condition assessments Over €12m of planned and preventative maintenance was carried out in over 1030 buildings in

2015.

A programme of maintenance assessments of all OPW properties, including stone buildings, OPW Historic Properties and Visitor Centres, over 3 years to inform a proactive building maintenance service, has commenced.

We were responsible for the design and project management of up to fifty individual building projects. These included nine Garda stations, two of which were completed in 2015 and three regional and divisional headquarters commenced on site in 2015.

The National Children Detention Facility, Lusk, a state of the art facility for the Irish Youth Justice Service/Department of Children and Youth Affairs, was completed during 2015, facilitating the ending of detention of 17 year olds at St. Patricks Institution.

The OPW provided certain technical services to the seven new Court projects included in the Department of Justice Stimulus Package and procured under Public-Private Procurement. The construction contract documentation was signed in 2015.

Heritage works projects completed in 2015 include Byrce House Garinish Island, the Four Courts, Killarney house & Gardens and Phase 6 of Rathfarnham Castle.


SOS 4. Rolling out the optimising Power @Work Programme across the public service

i. The OPW and property holders will identify an additional 500 building units across the Public Service to participate in a new phase of the Optimising Power @ Work campaign. (PAMDP)

The OPW have successfully expanded the Optimising Power @ Work energy conservation campaign into a significant number of Public Sector organisations. The following summarises the areas in the public sector in which the programme is currently underway:

Hospitals : 5 Universities : 2 Institutes of Technology : 3 Local Authorities : 13 Prisons : 2 Special Facilities : 4 HSE Administrative : 3.

In 2015 a successful tender completion was completed to establish a framework of energy specialists that can be drawn from to implement the campaign in the various facilities/buildings. Average energy savings of 5% have been achieved in the above campuses/buildings (where the campaign has commenced). The reported energy savings will increase in the coming year as the energy teams become more active and the campaign becomes established among the general staff in each building.

ii. The OPW and property holders will work to ensure that the 2020 targets set out in the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan and the EU Energy Efficiency Directive will be met insofar as they relate to the management of the Public Service property portfolio. (PAMDP)

The OPW is currently achieving savings of approximately 20% (compared to the NEEAP Public Service target of 33% by 2020) through its Optimising Power @ Work campaign in its own property portfolio. Under the requirements of the Energy Efficiency Directive (Article 5 – Exemplary role of public bodies’ buildings), Ireland adopted the "Alternative Approach" whereby an inventory of owned Central Government Buildings (>500m2) was compiled (by the OPW for the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources) and the equivalent energy savings that would be achieved by retrofitting 3% of that floor area were calculated. The OPW has undertaken to achieve the equivalent energy savings by means of a Behavioural Change campaign (Optimising Power @ Work). As required under the Energy Efficiency Directive, the OPW reported on the energy savings achieved in 2014 through the Optimising Power @ Work campaign to Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources through SEAI.

Energy Consumption – OPW

In 2015, the OPW had a Total Primary Energy Requirement (TPER) of 52.9 GWh across electrical and thermal building energy and transport fuels. In OPW occupied buildings the total energy usage across all buildings has decreased by 20% since 2009. Electrical usage has decreased by 17% and thermal energy usage has decreased by 23% in the same period.

The OPW’s staff energy-awareness campaign, Optimising Power @ Work, has been running in 28 large OPW occupied buildings since 2008. The programme has made a significant contribution towards improving the energy efficiency in the buildings. Optimising Power @ Work has delivered average savings of 22% across all participating central government buildings, and total savings of 20% in OPW occupied buildings to date.

In 2015, the OPW began working towards ISO 50001 Energy Management accreditation for Optimising Power @ Work.


SOS 5. Provide technical advice to Government and agencies, promote quality in the built environment, sustainability, public awareness, education and research. SOS 6. Provide design and management services for the Government and State clients building and property needs in support of the property asset management strategy

The Government Policy on Architecture 2009 – 2015 sets a number of actions to be carried out

by the State Architect and by the OPW as an organisation to support the delivery of the Policy.

Our architectural staff, act as a point of reference and advice in the dissemination of knowledge

and expertise to Government Departments and Public Bodies. This advisory service varies and

includes:

o advising the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on the significance of historic

buildings under Section 482 of the Finance Act

o advising on conservation matters.

4.1.2 Heritage The OPW is a lead agency in areas of conservation, preservation and presentation of cultural and heritage properties and is responsible for the day-to-day operation of all National Monuments and Historic Properties in State care. The OPW's responsibility for the built heritage in State care (i.e. in State ownership and guardianship)

involves: - Managing, maintaining, preserving and presentation of over 780 national monuments; Managing a range of national historic properties such as the Phoenix Park, National Botanic

Gardens and over 20 other such properties (e.g. Heywood Gardens, St. Enda’s Park, Emo Court).

Heritage – Statement of Strategy (SOS) Key Objectives SOS 1. Achieve world class outcomes in conservation and uphold excellent heritage site management standards. SOS 2. Increase visitor footfall at heritage sites, resulting in greater resources for reinvestment SOS 3. Ensure the necessary professional, technical and craft skills available to meet the Government commitment to heritage conservation.

Progress and Achievements during 2015 Recorded visitor numbers to guided sites in 2015 were 4.9 million, up from 4.4 million in 2014.

Active engagement with Fáilte Ireland in relation to supporting their Cultural and Tourism

marketing initiatives continued in 2015. An example of a specific task undertaken in 2015 is the development of a 'short-stay' heritage card scheduled for launch in early 2016 and rebranding of all Heritage Cards to incorporate appropriate Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland's Ancient East branding and imagery.

The OPW secured funding from Fáilte Ireland for development and presentation works at a number of our sites over the 5 year period 2016 to 2021 within the area encompassed by Ireland's Ancient East

During 2015, the OPW engaged with Fáilte Ireland with the aim of enhancing the experience for


visitors along the Wild Atlantic Way.

"1916: Portraits and Lives" is a collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy formally launched in November 2015. The Academy has produced a book of 42 biographical essays centred on various individuals associated with the Rising. To accompany the essays, the OPW commissioned a series of portraits of the 42 individuals which will be exhibited to the public for the first time in Kilmainham Gaol in 2016.

4.2 Flood Risk Management

The OPW is the lead agency for flood risk management in Ireland. It is, therefore, responsible for developing and implementing and co-ordinating comprehensive policies and strategies for flood risk management. The primary functions of this programme are:

To advise the Government on flood risk management and flood risk management policy;

To develop and deliver on flood risk management work programmes and measures; and To maintain an effective programme of maintenance of river courses drained under the

provisions of the Arterial Drainage Acts. Statement of Strategy (SOS) Key Objectives : Progress and Achievements during 2015 SOS 1. Deliver appropriate flood risk policy advice, proposals, strategy and plans. A high level Peer Review of Irish Flood Risk Management was conducted by the internationally

recognised Dutch Risk Reduction Team. The Report will be finalised in 2016.

An Interdepartmental Flood Policy Co-ordination Group was reconvened to develop costed recommendations to Government on Whole of Government policy measures to support the implementation of the CFRAM Flood Risk Management Plans when published in 2016.

Statutory Instrument No. 495 of 2015, amending Statutory Instrument No. 122 of 2010, that transposed the EU 2007 Floods Directive was introduced to reflect the public consultation process for the CFRAM Programme.

SOS 2. Define long-term strategies for flood risk management, taking account of the potential aspects of climate change • In 2015, draft flood maps were prepared under the National CFRAM Programme for the 300

communities considered to be at potentially significant risk and impact of flooding and a programme of over 200 public consultation days on the flood maps was completed, with the formal consultation period completed in December 2015.

• The process of developing and assessing measures under the National CFRAM Programme

that can manage the flood risk identified in the flood maps began in 2015, with a number of the second round of public consultation days held. This process is continuing into 2016.

• The Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan for Flood Risk Management was completed in

2015. This Plan, the first such Sectoral Plan to be prepared, sets out how the potential impacts of climate change are and will be assessed and taken into account to ensure a sustainable approach to flood risk management is implemented in Ireland through the relevant policies, strategies and programmes of works and projects.

• To inform decisions on a broad range of possible flood risk management measures, two

initiatives on individual property protection (IPP) schemes were agreed, as community based


pilots to inform the mechanism to deliver IPP, as part of a community based approach or scheme and also the potential costs and benefits attached to IPP for areas where a flood defence scheme is not deemed viable or likely to be completed for some time.

SOS 3. Support sustainable planning and development

We continued to provide an advisory service to the planning authorities on the implementation

of the Guidelines on the Planning System and Flood Risk Management. This advice is supported by the development of the flood maps under the CFRAM Programme.

The OPW provided additional data on completed schemes to the insurance sector, under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Insurance Ireland. This outlines how information on completed OPW flood defence schemes is to be provided to and used by the insurance industry in Ireland. The information, available on the OPW website, shows the design, nature and extent of the protections offered by 16 schemes that data has been provided by the OPW. Under the MoU Insurance Ireland members agreed to take this information into account when assessing exposure to flood risk from 1 June 2014.

SOS 4. Flood Relief Schemes (at varying stages of design, planning, implementation & completion), effective drainage channels and embankments and local solutions for local flood problems

The Arterial Drainage Maintenance Programme for 2015 was €15m. More than 20,000

properties are sited in the area benefiting from the original schemes.

We continued, in co-operation with the Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht (National Parks and Wildlife Services), the development of a pilot conservation management plan on a fen drained by one of the channels under our care. This pilot, proposed by the OPW, is listed as an action in the National Peatlands Strategy.

The OPW continued to work in co-operation with local authorities in 2015 to finalise the funding arrangements for the local authorities’ programmes of repair works for public coastal protection infrastructure damaged in the severe storms in late 2013 and early 2014. The Government approved a total of €19.6m in funding via the OPW Vote for this purpose. In 2015 a total of €14.75m in storm damage repair funding was paid to the local authorities which included the balance of the funding approved in 2014 and an exceptional additional amount of €3.3m.

Capital expenditure on major and minor flood relief schemes and works in 2015 was €44m approximately including payments by the OPW to local authorities in relation to the funding of storm damage repair work carried out by them and in accordance with the Government decision of 11 February 2014 which approved such funding.

• Construction continued on major schemes at Bray, the Dodder, Ennis, Waterford and the South

Campshires in Dublin. Completion of works on the Fermoy scheme and on the River Wad (Clanmoyle), Dublin was achieved. Since 1995 the OPW, in co-operation with the relevant Local Authorities, has constructed 36 major flood defence schemes and, since 2009, funded 514 minor flood relief works throughout the country with a total investment of €460m in flood risk management measures over this period. Around 12,000 properties have benefited from this investment and the overall economic benefit to the State from this investment is estimated to be some €1.2 billion in terms of damages and losses avoided.


SOS 5. Support local resilience initiatives and develop public flood risk data and information services

Development continued in 2015 on a new web-based management system for drainage maintenance operations which will also facilitate publication in 2016 of the channels, embankments and structures maintained by the OPW, work programmes and records of works completed.

The establishment of a new Flood Forecasting and Warning Service, as an operational unit within Met Eireann has been agreed and will, in time, be a huge benefit to communities and individuals to prepare for and lessen the impact of flooding. Based on international experience this Service will take a number of years to embed but is a critical support to allow the general public and local authorities to take more effective preventive action to reduce the impacts of an impending flood.

We contributed through the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning to the development of a suite of documents entitled - Strategic Emergency Management: National Structures and Framework, to set out the proposed national arrangements for the delivery of effective emergency management. These documents are intended to foster, at Government / Public Service level, national resilience in the face of emergencies.

Through the work of the Interdepartmental Flood Policy Co-ordination group, the Department of

Environment Community and Local Government is researching and considering how Community Resilience may be advanced within the overall field of emergency management. This research will inform the supports the OPW could provide to foster local resilience to flooding events.

Contributed through the National Severe Weather Co-ordination Group, established as part of

the National Emergency Management Framework, to the Government’s response to Flooding Events during December. This included daily updates on water levels in main rivers from data available from OPW’s waterlevel.ie portal (see below) and also advice to local authorities and others on flood forecast notifications from the European Flood Awareness System.

The OPW operates surface water gauging stations at 390 river, lake and tidal locations

nationwide, and water level data from the majority of these stations are now available in real time (at 15 minute intervals) on www.waterlevel.ie. The popularity of the website continues to grow since its launch in 2013, with 359,271 visits recorded in 2015, up from 247,436 visits in 2014. The website proved invaluable in the monitoring of water levels and in aiding the response to, and management of, the severe flooding that occurred during December 2015 (and early January 2016). It was extensively used by a wide range of users; in the period from 3rd Dec. to 4th Jan. there were 106,086 visits recorded on the site, an average of 23,200 visits per week. In comparison, the average number of weekly visits recorded during December 2014 and November 2015 were 1,950 and 3,230 respectively.

http://www.waterlevel.ie/


4.3 Corporate Services

Corporate Services includes functions such as Human Resources, Financial Management, Information & Communications Technology and other services necessary for the day to day operations of the Office. Statement of Strategy (SOS) Key Objective - Progress and Achievements during 2015 SOS 1. Deliver an efficient and effective support service to facilitate the implementation of OPW's key objectives.

Gross Expenditure on the OPW Vote in 2015 was €390.076m representing over 99% of the available Vote allocation in the Revised Estimates. A saving of €7m on the Flood Risk Management capital allocation was ring fenced for carryover to the Flood Risk Management allocation in 2016 under the Deferred Surrender scheme.

Our accounts branch processed 39,828 payments to suppliers in 2015 relating to 53,103 invoices with 94% of payments being made within 15 days. 84,681 salary payments and 8,452 travel and subsistence claims to 2,060 staff were processed in 2015.

Total receipts under Appropriations in Aid were €30.408m, a surplus of €2.882m over the annual receipts requirement. A further €117.6m was received from client Departments for Agency Services provided by the Office on a repayment basis. Payments amounting to 110.413m were processed on projects and services managed on an agency basis on behalf of other Government Departments.

Dormant balances, amounting to €4.3m, held by the OPW was surrendered to the Exchequer in 2015. The surrender was based on a comprehensive reconciliation exercise on funds held by the OPW for agency services to be provided to other Government Departments. Quarterly reports on suspense account balances and transactions now issue to clients and are subject to an ongoing reconciliation process between this Office and client Departments.

Legal Services and Health and Safety Services moved to the on-line State Claims Agency National Incident Management System (NIMS) for managing incidents and claims. Legal Services issue reports on a quarterly basis to senior management in relation to active claims in their sections.

Monitoring compliance with our Official Language Scheme continued during 2015. We completed an audit on compliance with our language obligations which was carried out by the Office of the Language Commissioner.

In line with the Government's ICT Strategy, the OPW published its first data sets as open data in 2015. The OPW is represented on the Public Bodies Working Group on open data and is consulting with the business areas within the Office regarding further data that might be released as open data.

Twenty two apprentice stonecutters/stonemasons and carpenters/joiners commenced a 4 year

training programme in September 2014 as a strategic measure to support succession planning in the Heritage area. Five additional apprentice stonecutters/stonemasons commenced in 2015.

Internal audit unit issued 7 completed audits to the Audit Committee .


5. Expenditure Programme The Office of Public Works (OPW) is charged with the administration and execution of a number of

separate and diverse areas of Government services. These are accounted for under two main

programmes with administrative support by Corporate Services.

OPW Expenditure Summary

Programme Expenditure* 2014 2015

€000 €000

Programme A – Flood Risk Management 69,647 75,324

Programme B – Estate Portfolio Management 430,762 425,165

Gross Total 500,409 500,489

D- Appropriations in Aid 27,226 30,408

Net Total 473,183 470,081

Funding of Programmes

Vote 13 Office of Public Works (Gross) 381,008 390,076

Departmental Vote Accounts managed by the OPW 119,401 110,413

TOTAL 500,409 500,489

* Programme expenditure includes direct expenditure on the OPW Vote, OPW Corporate Services and works and services managed

on a repayment basis by the OPW for other Government Departments and State Agencies.

Management Structure

The management structure is updated on the following link:

http://www.whodoeswhat.gov.ie/root/opw/



6. OPW Statistics

OPW Staff Established Staff Industrial Staff

1548 572 976

Financial Information Number %

Number of Payments:

Within 15 days

Within 16 to 30 days

In excess of 30 days

78957

63460

15288

409

80.2

19.3

0.5

Supporting the Parliamentary Process Number

Parliamentary Questions 397

Information provided for other Parliamentary Questions 68

Dáil Topical Issue Debates 24

Seanad Commencement Matters 22

Ministerial Representations 771

General Information Number

FOI Requests Processed 96

Media Events Organised 56

Press Releases Issued 57

Queries dealt with by Press Office 3,044

National Monuments under the care of the OPW 780

National Monuments with guided service 70

Recorded Visitors to Heritage sites in 2015 4.9 million

OPW Sector Energy Use - Total Primary Energy (GWh)

Optimising Power @ Work buildings 34.1

Historical Sites 8.7

Parks 0.8

Pumping Stations 0.9

Transport 6.3

Other Buildings 2.1

Total 52.9

Tuarascáil Bhliantúil 2015 OOP 1

Tuarascáil Bhliantúil

2015


Clár Ábhar:

1. Brollach ón gCathaoirleach ...................................................................................... 3

2. Ár Misean .......................................................................................................... 4

Ráiteas Misin ..................................................................................................... 4 3. Príomhéachtaí …………………………………………………………………………….5

4. Athbhreithniú: Ráiteas Straitéise 2015 – 2017, Bliain 1 ............................................... 7

4.1 Bainistíocht na Punainne Eastáit .................................................................... 7

4.1.1 Réadmhaoin ..................................................................................... 7

4.1.2 Oidhreacht .................................................................................... 10

4.2 Bainistíocht Riosca Tuile ............................................................................ 11

4.3 Seirbhísí Corparáideacha ............................................................................ 14

5. Clár Caiteachais ...................................................................................................... 15 6. Staitisticí OOP ……………………………………………………………………………… 16


1. Brollach ón gCathaoirleach

Léiríonn an Tuarascáil Bhliantúil seo ár ndul chun cinn i mbliain a haon dár Ráiteas Straitéise trí

bliana 2015 - 2017.

I 2015, lean an Oifig seo ag rolladh amach mórscéimeanna um chosaint ar thuilte ar fud na tíre. Ba

róléir an gá a bhí leis na scéimeanna seo ag tarraingt ar dheireadh 2015. Tá méadú suntasach ar

an leithdháileadh caipitil thar na 6 bliana atá romhainn, léiriú ar an mbaol méadaitheach atá ag cruthú

deacrachta dár dtír, go háirithe do na bailte agus do na cathracha agus ag teacht le tabhairt chun

críche an chláir CFRAM a aithneoidh agus a éáscóidh dul chun cinn scéimeanna tosaíochta do

sholáthar bearta um fhaoiseamh tuile ar leibhéal an phobail.

Thug OOP isteach an Scéim um Chosaint Chósta agus MionOibreacha Maolaithe Tuile i 2009 le

maoiniú a chur ar fáil chun cur ar chumas Údarás Áitiúla bearta maolaithe tuile ar scála beag a

dhéanamh ina gceantair féin. I 2015, thugamar faomhadh do 55 tionscadal nua rud a thug líon iomlán

na dtionscadal a faomhadh ó 2009 go 514.

Tá an Oifig tiomanta do chur chun feidhme an mholta ag éirí as an athbhreithniú cumais/iniúlachta i

réimse Bainistíochta Eastáit atá á dhéanamh in éineacht leis an obair atá ar siúl in athchóiriú ar

bhainistiú sócmhainní réadmhaoine lenár gcomhghleacaithe ar fud na hearnála poiblí.

Rinne an Oifig athsheoladh ar an gclár oiliúna printíseachta i Meán Fómhair 2014 mar shaincheist

tosaíochta do phleanáil agus do choinneáil scileanna d’oibreacha Séadchomharthaí Náisiúnta OOP.

Thosaigh dhá phrintíseach is fiche ar an oiliúint i 2014 agus thosaigh cúigear snoíodóir cloiche/ saoi

cloiche eile i 2015.

Agus sraith nua dúshlán romhainn i 2016, tá mé muiníneach, le tiomantas agus le díograis gach

duine againn in OOP, go mbeimid inchurtha leis na dushláin seo agus go gcoinneoimid clú na

sármhaitheasa i seachadadh seirbhíse.

Clare McGrath

Cathaoirleach


3. Ár Misean

Ráiteas Misin

Is é an misean atá ag Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí leas a bhaint as an taithí agus as an saineolas atá

againn chun seirbhísí nuálacha, inbhuanaithe agus éifeachtacha a chur ar fáil don phobal agus dár

gcuid cliant le tiomantas, gairmiúlacht agus ionracas, mar a ordaíonn an Rialtas.

Feidhmeanna

Bhain croífheidhmeanna Oifig na nOibreachta Poiblí (OOP) i 2015 le Bainistíocht na Punainne

Eastáit agus Bainistíocht Riosca Tuile. Thug Seirbhísí Corparáideacha tacaíocht do na réimsí

oibríochta seo. Baineann OOP go príomha le seachadadh seirbhísí do chustaiméirí. Is iad an pobal,

an Rialtas, Ranna eile, Oifigí, Gníomhaireachtaí agus an tseirbhís phoiblí níos leithne, ár gcustaiméirí.


4. Príomhéachtaí 2015 Bainistíocht na Punainne Eastáit Faoin bPlean Seachadta Bainistithe Sócmhainní Réadmhaoine thug OOP fobairt Chláir

Réadmhaoine ar líne laistigh den Stáit chun críche. Ag deireadh 2015 bhí thart ar 26,151

réadmhaoin cláraithe ar an gClár Réadmhaoine Stáit.

I 2015 leanamar orainn ag seachadadh oibreacha tionscadail maidir le hIonad Intreo thar ceann

na Roinne Coimirce Sóisialaí agus cuíchóirithe réadmhaoine (e.g. Oifig na bPasanna, Áras Uí

Eidhin, Gaillimh)

Bhíomar freagrach as dearadh agus bainisitiú tionscadail suas le caoga tionscadal tógála aonair.

Áiriodh orthu seo naoi stáisiún de chuid an Gharda Síochána, ar tugadh dhá cheann díobh chun

críche i 2015 agus trí cheannáras rannacha agus réigiúnacha ar cuireadh tús leo ar an láthair i

2015.

Leathnaigh OOP an feachtas caomhnaithe fuinnimh Cumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú

amach go rathúil i líon suntasach eagraíochtaí san Earnáil Phoiblí. Baineadh meánchoigilteas

de thart ar 5% amach i bhfoirgnimh ina raibh tús curtha leis an bhfeachtas.

Dearadh agus soláthar pailliún na hÉireann ag Mórthaispeántas Uilíoch Domhanda 2015 a

reáchtáladh i Milan san Iodáil. D’óstáil an Mórthaispeántas, leis an téama “An Plainéad a Chothú,

Fuinneamh don Saol”, 145 Tír, 13 Eagraíocht NeamhRialtasacha, 3 Eagraíocht Idirnáisiúnta

agus 5 Chomlacht Corparáideacha agus bhí sé ar siúl ar feadh 6 mhí ó 1 Bealtaine go 31

Deireadh Fómhair 2015.

Oidhreacht

• Thug 4.9 milliún duine cuairt ar ár láithreáin threoraithe Oidhreachta i 2015. Is méadú de 10% é

seo ar líon na gcuairteoirí i 2014.

• Mar thionscadal cuimhneacháin 1916, cuireadh tús le mórchóiriú ar chur i láthair Phríosúin Chill

Mhaighneann, a raibh ionchorprú Teach Cúirte Chill Mhaighneann in aice láimhe san áireamh

ann agus é d’aidhm aige líon na gcuairteoirí in aghaidh na bliana a mhéadú ó 331,000 go

500,000.


• Tugadh moladh do láithreáin chuairteoirí OOP ar Trip Advisor agus ar liosta Taistil Deiridh

Lonely Planet 2015 a dheimhníonn tionchar dearfach na hoibre ar ár seirbhísí Oidhreachta.

Bainistíocht Riosca Tuile

Fógraíodh clár sé bliana €430 milliún d’infheistíocht chaipitil ar bhainistíocht riosca tuile agus

ar bhearta cosanta i 2015 mar chuid de Phlean Infheistíochta Caipitil foriomlán an Rialtais (2016

– 2021).

I 2015 dáileadh €14.75m in iomlán de mhaoiniú d’athchóiriú damáiste stoirme ar údaráis áitiúla

a raibh iarmhéid an mhaoinithe a faomhadh i 2014 san áireamh ann agus suim bhreise

eisceachtúil de €3.3m do thionscadail a raibh géarghá leo.

• Foilsíodh léarscáileanna tuile le haghaidh comhairliúcháin faoin gClár Náisiúnta CFRAM don

300 pobal ar measadh go bhféadfadh go mbeidís i mbaol suntasach riosca agus tionchar tuile

agus tugadh clár de bhreis agus 200 lá comhairliúcháin phoiblí chun críche, agus an tréimhse

chomhairliúcháin fhoirmiúil tugtha chun críche i Nollaig 2015.

• Rinne OOP i gcomhar leis na húdaráis áitiúla ábhartha dul chun cinn suntasach ar roinnt

scéimeanna um fhaoiseamh tuile i 2015 lena n-áiríodh Mainistir Fhear Maí, Port Láirge, Bré,

Inis agus na South Campshires (Cé Sir John Rogerson), Abhainn an Bhaid agus an Dothra i

mBaile Átha Cliath.

• B’fhiú €15m an Clár Cothabhála Draenála Artairí do 2015. Is í príomhaidhm an Chláir an tairbhe

talmhaíochta a thugann scéimeanna draenála a dhéantar faoin Acht Siltin Airtéirigh, 1945, a

choinneáil.

Seiribhísí Corparáideacha

• Seoladh inlíon nua de chuid OOP i 2015 chun cumarsáidí inmheánacha a fheabhsú.

• I 2015, lean an Oifig ag tacú agus ag cur le cumas ár bhfórsa oibre trí rochtain a thairiscint ar

chúrsaí oiliúna, seimineáir, comhdhálacha, imeachtaí eolais agus staidéir acadúla a

seachadaíodh go hinmheánach agus go seachtrach.

• Rannpháirtíocht leanúnach le Bord Bainistíochta na Státseirbhíse ar ghníomhartha ag éirí as

Athnuachan na Státseirbhíse.


4. Athbhreithniú: Ráiteas Straitéise 2015 – 2017, Bliain 1

4.1 Bainistíocht na Punainne Eastáit

Déantar na seirbhísí Réadmhaoine agus Oidhreachta a sheachadadh faoi láthair faoin gcomhainm Bainistíocht na Punainne Eastáit (EPM). Déanann OOP punann mhór agus éagsúil réadmhaoine a shealbhú agus a bhainistiú lena n-áirítear 567 oifig, 840 áitreabh de chuid an Gharda Síochána, réadmhaoine speisialaithe agus 780 láithreán Oidhreachta.

4.1.1 Réadmhaoin Agus an phunann seo á bainistiú, cuireann OOP comhsheirbhís ar fáil i réimsí bainistíochta réadmhaoine agus cothabhála réadmhaoine a ionchorpraíonn seirbhísí ailtireachta, innealtóireachta, luachála, suirbhéireachta cainníochta, bainistíochta tionscadail agus bainistíochta saoráidí do Ranna agus do Ghníomhaireachtaí Rialtais. Príomhchuspóirí an Ráitis Straitéise (SOS): Dul chun Cinn agus Éachtaí i rith 2015 SOS 1. Straitéis Bainistithe Sócmhainní Réadmhaoine chuimsitheach a fhorbairt a chuimsíonn: roghanna cuíchóirithe, ath-infheistíochta agus cothabhála don phunann réadmhaoine; Straitéis bainistithe sócmhainnní a bheith ann chun diúscairt réadmhaoine Stáit a bhainistiú; Straitéis 20 bliain a bhunú don réadmhaoin ar fad ar leis OOP í

Cuimsíonn Punann na hOifige

368 léas i 315 foirgneamh

252 foirgneamh ‘Oifige’ faoi úinéireacht

877,935 m2./ 9,450,092 tr.2

40.99% (réimse) léasaithe

59.01% (réimse) faoi úinéireacht

Fuaireamar 22 léas nua i 2015 a chuimsíonn spás oifige de 52,956.42 m2 le luach cíosa bliantúil iomlán de €3.78m. Lean géilliúint léasa i 2015 agus 32 léas á ngéilleadh rud a laghdaigh lorg na hoifige de 19,229.95 m.2 Bhí coigilteas cíosa bliantúil de €4.84m dá bharr.

Mar chuid de bhainistiú straitéiseach na punainne eastáit fuair OOP réidh le 29 réadmhaoin neamhoibríochtúla i 2015 ar luach €3,598,698.

I Márta 2012 rinneadh anailís láithreáin ar 139 réadmhaoin/láithreán de chuid OOP. Roinneadh na láithreáin san anailís idir oifigí, ionaid a mheallfadh daoine agus stóir/clóis. Bhí 10 láithreán forluiteach, mar shampla is díol spéise é Caisleán Chill Chainnigh ach tá Oifig ar an láithreán sin freisin. Is díol spéise é Crannlann JFK ach ta Oifig agus clós/stóir ann freisin. Tá miondealú na hanailíse mar seo a leanas: 39 Oifig 83 Ní is díol spéise 27 Clóis/Stóir.

Ó 2012 tá cuíchóiriú déanta ag OOP ar a cóiríocht oifige agus a líon laghdaithe ó 39 go 32. De na hOifigí atá fanta tá ár bpríomhoifigí i ndhá cheann acu, i mBaile Átha Troim, Co. na Mí agus i 52 Faiche Stiabhna, tá fiche is a ceathair eile scaipthe ar fud na tíre le freastal ar riachtanais ghnó ár gcliant i réimsí seirbhísí innealtóireachta, ailtireachta agus seirbhisí oidhreachta agus tá na 6 cinn deireanacha lonnaithe ag ár séadchomharhaí náisiúnta agus réadmhaoine stairiúla.

Maidir leis an dáileadh d’achar oifige i bpríomhchóiríocht oifige OOP, is é 22.7 m.2 an meánghlan-achar urláir in aghaidh an stáisiúin oibre, san fhoirgneamh i gceannáras Bhaile Átha Troim. Rinneadh é seo a ríomh de réir Chaighdeáin ISEN 15221 agus áirítear ann céatadán de réimse stórais; tacaíocht taitneamhachta agus teicniúil, agus spás cúrsaíochhta. In ár n-oifig ag 52


Faiche Stiabhna, is é 13.8 m.2 an meánghlan-achar inligthe in agaidh an stáisiúin oibre. SOS 2. Cumas agus inniúlacht straitéiseach i mbainistíocht sócmhainní réadmhaoine a fheabhsú ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí agus riarachán bainistithe sócmhainní réadmhaoine a shruthlíniú.

• Lean ár gCathaoirleach air mar Oifigeach Freagrach Sinsearach, ag déanamh maoirseacht ar

an dul chun cinn ar na 31 gníomh a leagadh amach sa Phlean Seachadta um Bainistíocht Sócmhainní Réadmhaoine (PAMDP) atá ceaptha seachadadh ar an gclár athchóirithe tábhachtach bainteach le réadmhaoin de chuid an Rialtais. Cuireadh Tuarascáil ar Dhul Chun Cinn faoi bhráid an Rialtais ar 14 Iúil 2015 a d’aithin réimsí dul chun cinn a baineadh amach ó Iúil 2013 go dáta.

I rith 2015 chuireamar tús le clár próifílithe ar roinnt réadmhaoine go dtí caighdeán a shainmhíníonn na príomhtháscairí feidhmíochta timpeallachta, spásúlachta agus airgeadais chun feidhmíocht sócmhainní réadmhaoine a mheasúnú.

Thug an Grúpa Stiúrtha ar Bhainistiú Sócmhainní Maoine na Prótacail ar Roinnt agus ar Aistriú Sócmhainne chun críche, aistriú éifeachtach foirgneamh agus réadmhaoine idir comhlactaí poiblí á éascú acu. Chuir an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe na prótacail sa timpeall chuig Ranna/Oifigí.

I rith 2015 rinneadh dul chun cinn ar fhorbairt agus ar chur chun feidhme:

Beartas Diúscairtí comhordaithe ar Réadmhaoin Stáit neamhoibríochtúil nó barrachais.

Beartas Fála comhordaithe ar Réadmhaoin Stáit

Bunchúrsa oiliúna i mbainistíocht réadmhaoine do phearsanra bainistíochta réadmhaoine poiblí a chuirfidh le inniúlachtaí agus le cumas pearsanra atá ag obair sa réimse seo.

SOS 3. Cláir chothabhála choisctheacha & phleanáilte, curtha ar an eolas ag measúnuithe ar an riocht tógála,athchurtha in áit seirbhíse cothabhála tógála frithghníomhaí Rinneadh breis agus €12m de chothabháil choisctheach agus phleanáilte i mbreis agus 1030

foirgneamh i 2015.

Tá tús curtha le clár measúnuithe cothabhála ar gach réadmhaoin de chuid OOP, lena n-áirítear foirgnimh chloiche, Réadmhaoine Stairiúla agus Ionaid Chuairteoirí OOP, thar trí bliana chun bonn eolais a chur faoi sheirbhís chothabhála foirgneamh réamhghníomhach.

Bhíomar freagrach as dearadh agus bainistiú tionscadail suas le caoga tionscadal tógála aonair. Áiríodh orthu seo naoi stáisiún de chuid an Gharda Síochána, dhá cheann acu a tugadh chun críche i 2015 agus trí cheannáras rannacha agus réigiúnacha ar cuireadh tús leo ar an láthair i 2015.

Tugadh Saoráid Náisiúnta Coinneála Leanaí, Lusca, saoráid cheannródaíoch do Sheirbhís na hÉireann um Cheartas i leith an Aosa Óig/an Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige, chun críche i rith 2015, rud a d’éascaigh deireadh coinneála ógánach 17 bliain d’aois i bhForas Naomh Pádraig.

Chuir OOP seirbhísí teicniúla áirithe ar fáil do sheacht dtionscadal nua Cúirte a bhí san áireamh i bPacáiste Spreagthaí na Roinne Dlí agus Cirt agus a solathraíodh faoi Sholáthar Poiblí-Príobháideach. Síníodh an doiciméadú don chonradh tógála i 2015.


Ar na tionscadail oibreacha oidhreachta a tugadh chun críche i 2015 áiríodh Teach Byrce Oileán an Chuilinn, na Ceithre Cúirteanna, Teach & Gáirdíní Chill Áirne agus Céim 6 de Chaisleán Ráth Fearnáin.

SOS 4. An Clár um Chumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú a rolladh amach ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí

ii. Sainaithneoidh OOP agus sealbhóirí réadmhaoine 500 aonad tógála breise ar fud na Seirbhíse Poiblí chun páirt a ghlacadh i gcéim nua den fheachtas um Chumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú. (PAMDP)

Tá OOP tar éis an feachtas um chaomhnú fuinnimh Cumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú a leathnú amach go rathúil i líon suntasach eagraíochtaí de chuid na hEarnála Poiblí. Déanann seo a leanas achoimre ar na réimsí san earnáil phoiblí ina bhfuil an clár ar siúl faoi láthair:

Ospidéil : 5 Ollscoileanna : 2 Institúidí Teicneolaíochta: 3 Údaráis Áitiúla: 13 Príosúin : 2 Saoráidí Speisialta: 4 Riarachán HSE : 3.

I 2015 tugadh comhlánú tairisceana rathúil chun críche chun creat speisialtóirí fuinnimh a bhunú ar féidir tarraingt uaidh chun an feachtas a chur chun feidhme sna saoráidi/foirgnimh éagsúla. Baineadh meánchoigilteas fuinnimh de 5% amach sna campais/foirgnimh thuas (áit ar cuireadh tús leis an bhfeachtas). Méadóidh an coigilteas fuinnimh tuairiscithe sa bhliain atá romhainn de réir mar a bhíonn na foirne fuinnimh níos gníomhaí agus go mbíonn an feachtas bunaithe i measc na foirne ginearálta i ngach foirgneamh.

ii. Oibreoidh OOP agus sealbhóirí réadmhaoine chun a chinntiú go mbainfear amach spriocanna 2020 atá leagtha síos sa bPlean Gníomhaíochta Náisiúnta um Éifeachtúlacht Fuinnimh agus i dTreoir ón AE maidir le hÉifeachtúlacht Fuinnimh sa mhéid is go mbaineann siad le bainistíocht phunainne eastáit na Seirbhíse Poiblí. (PAMDP)

Tá OOP ag baint coigiltis de thart ar 20% amach (i gcomparáid le sprioc NEEAP na Seirbhíse Poiblí de 33% faoi 2020) trína fheachtas um Chumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú ina phunann réadmhaoine NEEAP féin. Faoi cheanglais na Treorach maidir le hÉifeachtúlacht Fuinnimh (Airteagal 5 – Ról eiseamlárnach foirgneamh comhlachtaí poiblí), ghlac Éire leis an “gCur Chuige Malartach” trínar tiomsaíodh fardal d’Fhoirgnimh Rialtais Láir (>500m2) (ag OOP don Roinn Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha) agus rinneadh an coigilteas coibhéiseach fuinnimh a mbainfí amach trí iarfheistiú 3% den achar urláir sin, a ríomh. Tá sé geallta ag OOP go mbainfear an coigilteas coibhéiseach fuinnimh amach trí fheachtas Athrú Iompraíochta (Cumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú). Mar a ceanglaíodh faoin Treoir maidir le hÉifeachtúlacht Fuinnimh, thug OOP tuairisc ar an gcoigilteas fuinnimh a baineadh amach i 2014 tríd an bhfeachtas Cumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú don Roinn Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha trí SEAI.

Ídiú Fuinnimh – OOP

I 2015, bhí Riachtanas Fuinnimh Phríomhúil Iomlán (TPER) de 52.9 GWh ag OOP thar fuinneamh foirgneamh teirmeach agus breoslaí iompair. I bhfoirgnimh áitithe de chuid OOP tá laghdú de 20% tagtha ar an úsáid fuinnimh iomlán ar fud gach foirgnimh ó 2009. Tá laghdú de 17% tagtha ar úsáid leictreachais agus laghdú de 23% ar úsáid fuinnimh teirmigh sa tréimhse chéanna.

Tá feachtas feasachta ar fhuinneamh foirne OOP, Cumhacht ag an Obair a Bharfheabhsú, ar siúl i 28 bhfoirgneamh áitithe mhóra OOP ó 2008. Tá rannchuidiú suntasach déanta ag an


gclár i dtreo na héifeachtúlachta fuinnimh sna foirgnimh a fheabhsú. Sheachadaigh Cumhacht ag an Obair a Bharfheabhsú meánchoigilteas de 22% thar gach foirgneamh rialtais lárnach a bhí rannpháirteach, agus coigilteas iomlan de 20% i bhfoirgnimh áitithe OOP go dtí seo.

I 2015, thosaigh OOP ag obair i dtreo creidiúnaithe do Bhainistíocht Fuinnimh ISO 50001 do Chumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú.

SOS 5. Comhairle theicniúil a chur ar fáil don Rialtas agus do ghníomhaireachtaí, cáilíocht sa timpeallacht thógtha, inbhuanaitheacht, feasacht phoiblí, oideachas agus taighde a chur chun cinn. SOS 6. Seirbhísí dearaidh agus bainistíochta do riachtanais réadmhaoine agus foirgneamh an Rialtais agus cliant Stáit a sholáthar chun tacú leis an straitéis bainistithe sócmhainní réadmhaoine

Leagann Beartas an Rialtais ar Ailtireacht 2009 – 2015 amach roinnt gníomhartha atá le

déanamh ag Ailtire an Stáit agus ag OOP mar eagraíocht chun tacú le seachadadh an

Bheartais.

Feidhmíonn ár bhfoireann ailtireachta mar phointe tagartha agus comhairle i scaipeadh eolais

agus saineolais chuig Ranna Rialtais agus Comhlachtaí Poiblí. Tagann athrú ar an tseirbhís

comhairleach seo agus áirítear ann:

o comhairle a chur ar an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta maidir le suntas

foirgneamh stairiúla faoi Alt 482 den Acht Airgeadais

o comhairle maidir le cúrsaí caomhnaithe.

4.1.2 Oidhreacht Is gníomhaireacht threorach í OOP i réimsí caomhnaithe, slánchoimeádta agus cuir i láthair réadmhaoine oidhreachta agus cultúrtha agus tá sí freagrach as cur chun feidhme gach Séadchomhartha Náisiúnta agus Réadmhaoine Stairiúla faoi chúram an Stáit ó lá go lá. Baineann seo a leanas le freagracht OOP as an oidhreacht thógtha faoi chúram an Stáit (i.e. faoi

úinéireacht agus faoi chaomhnóireacht an Stáit): - Bainistiú, coinneáil, caomhnú agus cur i láthair breis agus 780 séadchomhartha náisiúnta;

Bainistiú ar raon réadmhaoine stairiúla náisiúnta mar Pháirc an Fhionnuisce, Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus agus breis agus 20 maoin eile dá leithéid (e.g. Gáirdíní Heywood, Páirc Naomh Éanna, Cúirt Emo).

Oidhreacht – Príomhchuspóirí Ráitis Straitéise (SOS) SOS 1. Torthaí ardchaighdeáin a bhaint amach sa chaomhnú agus seasamh le caighdeáin bainistíochta shármhaithe na láithreán oidhreachta. SOS 2. Lorg cuairteora a mhéadú ag láithreáin oidhreachta a mbeadh acmhainní níos mó don ath-infheistíocht mar thoradh air. SOS 3. Cinntigh go mbionn na scileanna ceirde, teicniúla agus gairmiúla ar fáil le tiomantas an Rialtais do chaomhnú oidhreachta a chomhlíonadh.

Dul chun Cinn agus Éachtaí i rith 2015

Bhí méadú ar líon na gcuairteoirí a taifeadadh ar láithreáin threoracha i 2015 go 4.9 milliún, ardú ó 4.4 milliún i 2014.

Lean rannpháirtíocht ghníomhach le Fáilte Ireland maidir le tacú lena dtionscnaimh mhargaíochta Turasóireachta agus Cultúrtha i 2015. Is sampla de thasc ar leith a rinneadh i


2015 forbairt cárta oidhreachta ‘gearrfhanachta’ atá sceidealaithe le seoladh go luath i 2016 agus athbhrandáil Cártaí Oidhreachta le brandáil agus íomhanna iomchuí de Shlí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin agus Sean-Oirthear na hÉireann a ionchorprú.

Fuair OOP maoiniú ó Fháilte Ireland le haghaidh oibreacha cuir i láthair agus forbartha ag roinnt

dár láithreáin thar an tréimhse 5 bliana 2016 go 2021 laistigh den réimse a chuimsíonn Sean-Oirthear na hÉireann

I rith 2015, bhí OOP rannpháirteach le Fáilte Ireland agus é d’aidhm acu cur le heispéireas cuairteoirí feadh Shlí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin.

Is comhoibriu é "1916: Portraits and Lives" le hAcadamh Ríoga na hÉireann a seoladh go

foirmiúil i Samhain 2015. Tá leabhar curtha ar fáil ag an Acadamh ina bhfuil 42 aiste beathaisnéiseacha dírithe ar dhaoine aonair éagsúla bainteach leis an Éirí Amach. Le dul leis na haistí seo choimisiúnaigh OOP sraith portráidí den 42 duine aonair a chuirfear ar taispeáint don phobal den chéad uair i bPríosún Chill Mhaighneann i 2016.

4.2 Bainistíocht Riosca Tuile

Is é OOP an ghníomhaireacht threorach do bhainistíocht riosca tuile in Éirinn. Mar sin ta sé freagrach as beartais agus straitéisí cuimsitheacha a fhorbairt, a chur chun feidhme agus a chomhordú do bhainistíocht riosca tuile. Is iad seo a leanas príomhfheidhmeanna an chláir seo:

Comhairle a chur ar an Rialtas maidir le bainistíocht riosca tuile agus beartas bainistíochta riosca tuile;

Cláir oibre agus bearta bainistíochta riosca tuile a fhorbairt agus a sheachadadh; agus

Clár éifeachtach cothabhála cúrsaí abhann a draenáladh faoi fhorálacha na nAchtanna Draenála Artairí a choinneáil.

Príomhchuspóirí an Ráitis Straitéise (SOS) : Dul chun Cinn agus Éachtaí i rith 2015 SOS 1. Comhairle chuí ar bheartas riosca tuile, tograí, straitéis agus pleananna a sheachadadh.

Reáchtáil Foireann Laghdaithe Riosca na hÍsiltíre, a bhfuil aitheantas idirnáisiúnta acu Athbhreithniú Piaraí ardleibhéil ar Bhainistiú Riosca Tuile na hÉireann. Tabharfar an Tuarascáil chun críche i 2016.

Cuireadh tús an athuair le Grúpa Comhordaithe Beartais Tuile Idir-rannach chun moltaí, agus costas curtha orthu, a fhorbairt don Rialtas ar bhearta beartais Rialtais Iomláin chun tacú le cur chun feidhme Pleananna Bainistithe Riosca Tuile CFRAM nuair a fhoilsítear iad i 2016.

Tugadh Ionstraim Reachtúil Uimh. 495 de 2015 isteach, lena leasaítear Ionstraim Reáchtúil Uimh. 122 de 2010, a thrasuigh Treoir ón AE maidir le Tuilte, leis an bpróiseas comhairliúcháin poiblí don Chlár CFRAM a léiriú.

SOS 2. Straitéisí fadtéarmacha do bhainistíocht riosca tuile a shainmhíniú, gnéithe ionchasacha d’athrú aeráide á gcur san áireamh

• I 2015, ullmhaíodh dréachtléarscáileanna tuilte faoin gClár Náisiúnta CFRAM don 300 pobal a

meastar a bheith i mbaol suntasach ionchasach ó thionchar tuilte agus tugadh clár de bhreis agus 200 lá comhairliúcháin phoiblí ar na léarscáileanna tuilte chun críche, agus an tréimhse chomhairliúcháin fhoirmiúil tugtha chun críche i Nollaig 2015.

• Thosaigh an próiseas chun bearta a mheasúnú agus a fhorbairt faoin gClár Náisiúnta CFRAM

ar féidir leo an riosca tuile a aithnítear ar na léarscáileanna tuilte a bhainistiú, i 2015, agus


reáchtáladh roinnt den dara babhta de laethanta comhairliúcháin phoiblí. Tá an próiseas seo ag leanúint ar aghaidh isteach i 2016.

• Tugadh an Plean um Oiriúnú Earnálach d’Athrú Aeráide do Bhainistiú Riosca Tuile chun críche

i 2015. Leagann an Plean seo amach, an chéad Phlean Earnálach dá leithéid a ullmhaíodh, an chaoi a ndéantar agus a ndéanfar measúnú ar thionchair ionchasacha athrú aeráide agus an chaoi a gcuirfear san áireamh é le cinntiú go bhfeidhmítear cur chuige inbhuanaithe do bhainistiú riosca tuile in Éirinn trí na beartais, na straitéisí agus cláracha oibreacha agus tionscadail ábhartha.

• Le bonn eolais a chur faoi chinntí ar raon leathan bearta bainistithe riosca tuile ionchasacha,

aontaíodh dhá thionscnamh ar scéimeanna cosanta réadmhaoine aonair (IPP) mar thionscnaimh phíolótacha phobalbhunaithe chun bonn eolais a chur faoin meicníocht le IPP a sheachadadh, mar chuid de chur chuige nó scéim phobalbhunaithe agus na costais agus na buntáistí ionchasacha bainteach le IPP freisin do cheantair nuair nach meastar scéim chosanta tuile a bheith inmharthana nó nach dóigh go dtabharfaí chun críche í go ceann tamaill.

SOS 3. Tacú le pleanáil agus le forbairt inbhuanaithe

Leanamar orainn ag cur seirbhís chomhairliúcháin ar fáil do na húdaráis phleanála ar chur chun

feidhme na dTreoirlinte ar an gCóras Pleanála agus ar Bhainistíocht Riosca Tuile. Tugann forbairt na léarscáileanna tuile faoin gClár CFRAM tacaíocht don chomhairle seo.

Chuir OOP sonraí breise ar scéimeanna a bhí tugtha chun críche ar fáil d’earnáil an árachais, faoin Meabhrán Tuisceana (MoU) le hÁrachas Éireann. Cuireann sé seo síos ar an gcaoi a bhfuil eolas ar scéimeanna cosanta tuile de chuid OOP atá tugtha chun críche le cur ar fáil agus le húsáid ag tionscal an árachais in Éirinn. Léiríonn an t-eolas, atá ar fáil ar láithreán gréasáin OOP, dearadh, nádúr agus méid na gcosaintí a thairgíonn 16 scéim a bhfuil a sonraí curtha ar fáil ag OOP. Faoin MoU d’aontaigh baill Árachais Éireann an t-eolas seo a chur san áireamh agus nochtadh do riosca tuile á mheasúnú acu ó 1 Meitheamh 2014.

SOS 4. Scéimeanna um Fhaoiseamh Tuile (ag céimeanna éagsúla de dhearadh, de phleanáil, de chur i bhfeidhm & de thabhairt chun críche), cainéil agus claífoirt draenála éifeachtacha agus réitigh áitiúla ar fhadhbanna tuile áitiúla

B’ionann an Clár Cothabhála Draenála Artairigh do 2015 agus €15m. Tá breis agus 20,000

réadmhaoin suite sa cheantar ag baint tairbhe as na scéimeanna bunaidh.

Leanamar orainn, i gcomhar leis an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta (an tSeirbhís Páirceanna Náisiúnta agus Fiadhúlra), le forbairt plean phíolótaigh um bainistíocht caomhnaithe ar eanach a draenáladh ag ceann de na cainéil faoin ár gcúram. Tá an plean píolótach seo, a mhol OOP, liostaithe mar ghníomh sa Straitéis Náisiúnta Tailte Portaigh.

Lean OOP ag obair i gcomhar le údaráis áitiúla i 2015 chun na socruithe maoinithe a thabhairt chun críche do chláir oibreacha deisiúcháin na n-údarás áitiúla do bhonneagar cosanta cósta poiblí a ndearnadh damáiste dó sna dianstoirmeacha go deireanach i 2013 agus go luath i 2014. Cheadaigh an Rialtas €19.6m in iomlán i Vóta OOP chun na críche seo. I 2015 íocadh €14.75m in iomlán leis na húdaráis áitiúla i maoiniú chun damáiste stoirme a dheisiú lena n-áiriodh iarmhéid an mhaoinithe a ceadaíodh i 2014 agus suim bhreise eisceachtúil de €3.3m.

B’ionann caiteachas caipitil ar mhórscéimeanna agus ar mhionscéimeanna um fhaoiseamh tuile

i 2015 agus timpeall €44m lena n-áirítear íocaíochtaí ó OOP d’údaráis áitiúla maidir le maoiniú d’obair dheisiúcháin ar dhamáiste stoirme a rinne siad agus de réir chinneadh an Rialtais ón 11 Feabhra 2014 a cheadaigh maoiniú dá leithéid.


• Lean tógáil ar mhórscéimeanna i mBré, ag an Dothra, in Inis, i bPort Láirge agus sna South

Campshires i mBaile Átha Cliath. Baineadh críochnú na n-oibreacha ar scéim Mhainistir Fhear Maí agus ar Abhainn an Bhaid (Cluain Maoil), Baile Átha Cliath amach. Ó 1995 tá OOP, i gcomhar leis na hÚdaráis Áitiúla ábhartha, tar éis 36 mhórscéim cosanta tuile a thógáil, agus ó 2009, maoiniú a chur ar fáil do 514 de mhionoibreacha um fhaoiseamh tuile ar fud na tíre le hinfheistíocht iomlán de €460m i mbearta bainistithe riosca tuile thar an tréimhse seo. Bhain thart ar 12,000 réadmhaoin tairbhe as an infheistíocht seo agus áirítear go bhfuil tairbhe eacnamaíoch foriomlán de thart ar €1.2 billiún ag an Stát ón infheistíocht seo ó thaobh damáiste agus caillteanas a seachnaíodh.

SOS 5. Tacú le tionscnaimh athléimneachta áitiúla agus seirbhísí eolais agus sonraí riosca tuile poiblí a fhorbairt Lean forbairt i 2015 ar chóras bainistithe gréasán-bhunaithe nua d’oibríochtaí cothabhála

draenála a éascóidh freisin foilsiú na gcaineál, na gclaífort agus na struchtúr a ndéanann OOP cothabháil orthu, na gclár oibre agus na dtaifeadd oibreacha atá tugtha chun críche, i 2016.

Tá bunú Seirbhís Rabhaidh agus Réamhaisnéise Tuile nua, mar aonad oibríochta laistigh de Met Éireann comhaontaithe agus le himeacht ama beidh sé ina bhuntáiste mór do phobail agus do dhaoine aonair agus iad ag ullmhú do thionchar tuile agus á mhaolú. Bunaithe ar thaithí idirnáisiúnta tógfaidh sé roinnt blianta ar an tSeirbhís seo neadú ach is tacaíocht chriticiúil í chun ceadú don phobal go ginearálta agus d’údaráis áitiúla gníomh coisctheach níos éifeachtaí a ghlacadh chun tionchair tuile atá ag teacht a laghdú.

Rannchuidíomar trí Thascfhórsa an Rialtais ar Phleanáil Éigeandála le forbairt sraith doiciméad dar teideal – Bainistiú Éigeandála Straitéiseach: Creat agus Struchtúir Náisiúnta, chun na socruithe náisiúnta beartaithe do sheachadadh bainistíochta éigeandála éifeachtaí a leagan amach. Tá na doiciméid seo ceaptha athléimneacht náisiúnta a chothú ag leibhéal Rialtais/na Seirbhíse Poiblí, i bhfianaise éigeandálaí.

Trí obair an ghrúpa Comhordaithe um Beartas Tuile Idir-rannach, tá an Roinn Comhshaoil,

Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil ag déanamh taighde agus measunú faoin gcaoi ar féidir Athléimneacht Phobail a chur chun cinn laistigh de réimse foriomlán an bhainistithe éigeandála. Cuirfidh an taighde seo bonn eolais faoi na tacaíochtaí a bhféadfadh OOP a chur ar fáil chun athléimneacht áitiúil a chothú in aghaidh teagmhas tuile.

Rannchuidíomar tríd an nGrúpa um Chomhordú Drochaimsire Náisiúnta a bunaíodh mar chuid den Chreat Náisiúnta um Bainistíocht Éigeandála, le freagra an Rialtais do Theagmhais Tuile i rith mí na Nollag. Áiríodh anseo nuashonruithe laethúla ar leibhéil uisce i bpríomhaibhneacha ó shonraí a bhí ar fáil ó tháirseach OOP waterlevel.ie (féach thíos) agus freisin le comhairle d’údaráis áitiúla agus do dhaoine eile ar fhógraí faoi réamhaisnéis tuile ón gCóras Feasachta Tuile Eorpach.

Feidhmíonn OOP stáisiúin tomhsaireachta uisce dromchla ag 390 ionad abhann, locha agus taoide ar fud na tíre, agus tá sonraí faoi leibhéal uisce ó fhormhór na stáisiún seo le fáil anois i bhfior-am (ar eatraimh 15 nóiméad) ar www.waterlevel.ie. Tá an tóir ar an láithreán gréasáin anseo ag dul i méid i gcónaí ó seoladh é i 2013, agus taifeadadh 359,271 cuairt i 2015, ardú ó 247,436 cuairt i 2014. Chruthaigh an láithreán gréasáin seo fíorluachmhar i monatóireacht leibhéal uisce agus i gcuidiú le bainistíocht agus leis an bhfreagra ar na drochthuilte a tharla i rith Nollag 2015 (agus go luath in Eanáir 2016). Bhain raon leathan úsáideoirí úsáid fhairsing as; sa tréimhse ó 3 Nollaig go 4 Eanáir taifeadadh 106,086 cuairt ar an láithreán, meán de 23,200 cuairt in aghaidh na seachtaine. I gcomparáid leis seo ba é meánlíon na gcuairteanna seachtainiúla a taifeadadh i rith Nollaig 2014 agus Samhain 2015 ná 1,950 agus 3,230 faoi seach.

http://www.waterlevel.ie/


4.3 Seirbhísí Corparáideacha

Áirítear i Seirbhísí Corparáideacha feidhmeanna mar Acmhainní Daonna, Bainistíocht Airgeadais, Teicneolaíocht an Eolais & Cumarsáide agus seirbhísí eile atá riachtanach d’oibríochtaí na hOifige ó lá go lá. Príomhchuspóir an Ráitis Straitéise (SOS) – Dul chun Cinn agus Éachtaí i rith 2015 SOS 1. Seirbhís éifeachtach agus éifeachtúil a sheachadadh chun cur i bhfeidhm príomhchuspóirí OOP a éascú.

B’ionann Ollchaiteachas ar Vóta OOP i 2015 agus €390.076m a léiríonn breis agus 99% den dáileadh Vóta a bhí ar fáil sna Meastacháin Athbhreithnithe. Imfháladh coigilteas €7m ar an dáileadh caipitil do Bhainistíocht Riosca Tuile le tabhairt anonn chuig an dáileadh do Bhainistíocht Riosca Tuile i 2016 faoin scéim Géilleadh Iarchurtha.

Phróiseáil ár mbrainse cuntas 39,828 íocaíocht chuig soláthraithe i 2015 bainteach le 53,103 sonrasc agus rinneadh 94% de na híocaíochtaí laistigh de 15 lá. Próiseáladh 84,681 íocaíocht tuarastail agus 8,452 éileamh taistil agus cothaithe do 2,060 ball foirne i 2015.

B’ionann na fáltais iomlána faoi Leithreasaí-i-gCabhair agus €30.408m, barrachas de €2.882m thar an ceanglas fáltas bliantúil. Fuarthas €117.6m eile ó Ranna is cliaint do Sheirbhísí Gníomhaireachta a chuireann an Oifig ar fáil ar bhonn aisíoctha. Próiseáladh íocaíochtaí arb ionann agus 110.413m ar thionscadail agus ar sheirbhísí a bainistíodh ar bhonn gníomhaireachta thar ceann Ranna Rialtais eile.

Géilleadh iarmhéideanna díomhaoine arb ionann agus €4.3m agus a bhí i seilbh OOP, don Státchiste i 2015. Bhí an géilleadh bunaithe ar chleachtadh athmhuintearais cuimsitheach ar chistí i seilbh OOP le cur ar fáil do Ranna Rialtais eile. Eisítear tuarascálacha ráithiúla ar iarmhéideanna agus ar idirbhearta cuntais fionraí anois chuig cliaint agus tá siad faoi réir ag próiseas athmhuintearais leanúnach idir an Oifig seo agus Ranna is cliaint.

Bhog Seirbhísí Dlí agus Seirbhísí Sláinte agus Sábháilteachta go dtí an Córas Náisiúnta Bainistíochta Teagmhas (NIMS) ar líne de chuid na Gníomhaireachta um Éileamh ar an Stát le teagmhais agus éilimh a bhainistiú. Eisíonn Seirbhísí Dlí tuarascálacha ar bhonn ráithiúil do bhainistíocht shinsearach maidir le héilimh ghníomhacha ina rannáin.

Lean monatóireacht chomhlíontachta lenár Scéim Teanga Oifigiúil i rith 2015. Thugamar iniúchadh ar chomhlíonadh ár n-oibleagáidí teanga chun críche, a reáctáil Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga.

De réir Straitéis ICT an Rialtais, d’fhoilsigh OOP a céad tacar sonraí mar shonraí oscailte i 2015. Tá ionadaíocht ag OOP ar Mheitheal na gComhlachtaí Poiblí ar shonraí oscailte agus tá sí ag dul i gcomhairle le réimsí gnó laistigh den Oifig maidir le tuilleadh sonraí a d’fhéadfaí a scaoileadh mar shonraí oscailte.

Chuir 22 snoíodóir cloiche/saor cloiche agus siúinéir/saor adhmaid is prinitísigh tús le clár oiliúna 4 bliana i Meán Fómhair 2014 mar bheart straitéiseach chun tacú le pleanáil comharbais sa réimse Oidhreachta. Thosaigh cúig phrintíseach is snoíodóir/saor cloiche eile i 2015.

D’eisigh an t-aonad iniúchta inmheánach 7 n-iniúchadh a bhí tugtha chun críche don Choiste Iniúchta.


5. Clar Caiteachais Leagtar ar Oifig na nOibreacha Poibli (OOP) riaradh agus cur chun feidhme roinnt réimsí éagsúla agus

leithleacha seirbhísí Rialtais. Tá cuntas orthu seo faoi dhá phríomhchlár le tacaíocht riaracháin ó

Sheirbhísí Corparáideacha.

Achoimre Caiteachais OOP

Caiteachas Cláir * 2014 2015

€000 €000

Clár A – Bainistíocht Riosca Tuile 69,647 75,324

Clár B – Bainistíocht na Punainne Eastáit 430,762 425,165

Iomlán Comhlán500,409 500,489

D- Leithreasaí i gCabhair 27,226 30,408

Iomlán Glan 473,183 470,081

Maoiniú Clár

Vóta 13 Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí (Comhlán) 381,008 390,076

Cuntais Vóta Rannach á mbainistiú ag OOP 119,401 110,413

IOMLÁN 500,409 500,489

* Áirítear i gcaiteachas clár caiteachas díreach ar Vóta OOP, Seirbhísí Corparáideacha OOP agus oibreacha agus seirbhísí a

bainistítear ar bhonn aisíocaíochta ag OOP do Ranna Rialtais agus do Ghníomhaireachtaí Stáit eile.

Struchtúr Bainistíochta

Déantar an struchtúr bainistíochta a nuashonrú ar an nasc seo a leanas:




6. Staitisticí OOP

Foireann OOP Foireann Seanbhunaithe Foireann Tionsclaíoch

1548 572 976

Tacú leis an bPróiseas Parlaiminteach Líon

Ceisteanna Parlaiminteacha 397

Eolas curtha ar fáil do Cheisteanna Parlaiminteacha eile 68

Díospóireachtaí Dála ar Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla 24

Cúrsaí Tosach Feidhme an tSeanaid 22

Uiríll Aireachta 771

Eolas Ginearálta Líon

Iarratais ar FOI Próiseáilte 96

Imeachtaí do na Meáin a Eagraíodh 56

Preaseisiúintí a Eisíodh 57

Ceisteanna ar dhéileáil an Phreasoifig leo 3,044

Séadchomharthaí Náisiúnta faoi chúram OOP 780

Séadchomharthaí Náisiúnta le seirbhís threorach 70

Cuairteoirí Taifeadta ag láithreáin Oidhreachta i 2015 4.9 milliún

Earnáil OOP Úsáid Fuinnimh – Iomlán Fuinnimh Phríomhúil (GWh)

Foirgnimh um Chumhacht ag an Obair a Bharrfheabhsú 34.1

Láithreáin Stairiúla 8.7

Páirceanna 0.8

Stáisiúin Chaidéalúcháin 0.9

Iompar 6.3

Foirgnimh Eile 2.1

Iomlán 52.9

Eolas Airgeadais Líon %

Líon na nÍocaíochtaí:

Laistigh de 15 lá

Laistigh de 16 go 30 lá

Breis agus 30 lá

78957

63460

15288

409

80.2

19.3

0.5

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