Questions

405. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5542/26]

406. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if there will be further public consultation on his Departments’ national public procurement strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/26]

407. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified …

408. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a list of all properties owned by the OPW in the town of Nenagh; and their uses. [5653/26]

409. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation which programmes recorded expenditure overruns in the 2025 Appropriation Accounts and the corrective actions taken. [5679/26]

410. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the proportion of contracts above €10 million awarded in 2025 which included social value or climate-related award criteria, in line with the Green Public Procurement Action Plan. [5680/26]

411. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when his Department intend to publish the heads of Bill for the proposed new Critical Infrastructure Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5764/26]

412. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the purpose of the new netting on parts of the roof of the National Gallery; the cost of the netting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6001/26]

413. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total number of serving Ministers and Ministers of State who were identified by the National Shared Services Office as having been overpaid by the State arising from payroll or pension deduction errors following Government formation in early 2025; and the number of those individuals who, as …

414. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the aggregate gross amount identified as overpaid to serving Ministers and Ministers of State arising from payroll or pension deduction errors identified in early 2025; the aggregate amount repaid to date; and the aggregate balance outstanding, noting that no individual-level or personal data is…

415. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the range of repayment periods approved by the National Shared Services Office for serving Ministers and Ministers of State arising from payroll or pension deduction overpayments identified in early 2025; and whether any standard repayment framework or guidance was issued by his Department in re…

416. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the repayment terms and timelines approved for serving Ministers and Ministers of State arising from payroll or pension deduction overpayments are equivalent to those applied to members of the public who receive overpayments from the State; and if not, the policy basis and authority for …

417. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the payroll and pension deduction errors affecting serving Ministers and Ministers of State were first identified by the National Shared Services Office; when the Department was first notified of those errors; and the reasons repayment arrangements did not commence until June 2025. [6047/26…

418. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of funding for a project (details supplied); the timeline for the allocation of funding and approval to enable the scheme to progress to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6305/26]

419. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department's open data policy and guidance on procurement transparency envisage that procurement-related payment and purchase order data should be published in machine-readable formats; whether this expectation applies to statutory bodies and agencies funded by Departments; and if h…

420. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of multi-agency inspections or operations carried out in the past five years in fishing harbours to check immigration status, work permits and labour standards of non-EU crews; the outcomes of those operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6597/26]

421. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the breakdown of funding budgeted for 2026 in relation to the Shared Island Fund; what it will be used for; amount budgeted for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5441/26]

422. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the average number of people employed in a data centre, post construction, long-term in the data centre itself, in the hinterland and remotely, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5452/26]

423. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5535/26]

424. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a list maintained by the IDA of Texas headquartered companies with operations in Ireland. [5553/26]

425. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the ann…

426. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE digital marketing specialists employed by IDA Ireland as of 16 January 2026. [5754/26]

427. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment If Tourism Ireland plans to re-establish the Global Greening Initiative for the upcoming St. Patrick's day events. [5838/26]

428. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment following the signing into law by the President of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025, that provides that an employee may notify their employer that they do not consent to retire at the contractual retirement age, when she will sign it, in order that the act can commence; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

429. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when a Labour Court appeal of a case (details supplied) will be held; the reason the naming correction has not been processed; and the reason for no timeline for the case been given to the applicant despite repeated requests. [5950/26]