522. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the person that will bear political and administrative responsibility where a major infrastructure project approved under the proposed streamlined arrangements is delayed, over budget, or fails to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11930/26]
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523. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the mechanisms will remain in place to ensure democratic oversight, transparency, and parliamentary scrutiny of major infrastructure projects where ministerial involvement in approvals is reduced or removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11931/26]
524. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress made on national climate adaptation measures under the National Development Plan, particularly flood-risk management projects, and expected timelines for completion. [11939/26]
525. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the person or body that carries out the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11964/26]
526. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on any strategies to enhance pedestrian and cycling infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12013/26]
527. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of female qualified horticulturists employed by the OPW as of 10 February 2026, in tabular form. [12065/26]
528. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the 7% increase for An Post pensioners has not been paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12157/26]
529. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether there are any vacancies in the Standards in Public Office Commission; if so, the length of time they have been vacant; and the steps being taken to fill these vacancies. [12218/26]
530. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE staff, by job title working in the Office of Government Procurement, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12241/26]
531. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will approve a pension increase for retired workers of An Post without delay. [12258/26]
532. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of his Department's consideration of the An Post pension increase; the timeline of interactions between his Department, the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and NewERA regarding the statutory review; and whether he will commit to expediting the process given the fi…
533. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will undertake a review of the statutory approval process governing pension scheme changes in semi State bodies, with a view to ensuring timely implementation of actuarially approved, employer funded pension increases, and to prevent unnecessary delays caused by dual ministerial sanct…
534. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the OPW will identify a suitable site for a Garda station (details supplied). [12315/26]
535. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has considered or is considering approving the agreed increases to retired staff of An Post; if he is considering extending retrospectively, the agreed and Ministerial-approved changes to superannuation on health grounds in An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12316/26]
536. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has engaged with the OPW in relation to an issue (details supplied) in Portumna, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12328/26]
537. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the State agencies that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations [12404/26]
538. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the direction he has issued to State agencies in respect of making provision for the pension auto enrolment in their allocation of programme and project funding to organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12405/26]
539. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of current Ministers that are still not in a repayment plan for overpayment by the NSSO. [12446/26]
540. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of former ministers that are still not in a repayment plan for overpayment by the NSSO [12447/26]
541. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 235 of 29 January, and 983 of 13 January 2026, the status of the research projects that were previously conducted by his Departments’ recently disbanded climate division; if any research projects will be discontinued given the restructuring; and if he w…
542. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to approve without further delay the agreed pension increases to retired staff of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12775/26]
543. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the rationale for the Office of Government Procurement’s decision not to permit any adjustment to hourly rates under the Managed Security Services Framework to reflect the introduction of the statutory auto-enrolment pension scheme; whether any mechanism exists, or is being considered…
544. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of OPW projects completed between 2020 and 2025 inclusive, including budgeted costings, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12828/26]
545. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of OPW projects between 2020 and 2025 inclusive came in at, or under, budget, with costings and possible overruns, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12829/26]
546. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of OPW projects between 2020 and 2025 inclusive that came in over budget, with costings, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12830/26]