Questions

61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total number of civil servants that retired each year from 2010 with a pension pot of over €2 million, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33057/25]

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total amount of chargeable excess tax and withholding tax due and paid from civil servants since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33058/25]

151. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 21 May 2025, if, in his view, the consultancy report by a company (details supplied) into value for money of the bike shed represented value for money at a cost of €20,500 excluding VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/25]

182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if at any stage since taking up a position as Minister he has deleted any SMS or messages on other messaging apps that would fall under freedom of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26430/25]

45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the cost of the consultancy report by a company (details supplied) into overspending at the OPW, concluded in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26350/25]

628. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if any action will be taken to address the impact that coastal erosion is having on the historic St Naul’s Monastery and graveyard in the Inver area of County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19028/25]

163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if any action will be taken to address the impact of coastal erosion is having in the Inver area of County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16311/25]

194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 20 March 2025, to provide the total cost to the Department of the secondment, the Civil Service grade or equivalent of the secondment, the procedure for advertising and procuring a secondment and the rationale for using a secondment rather than producing audi…

272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the Office of Government Procurement will complete the Capital Works Management Framework review; when the review will be published; all external contracts entered into regarding the review, the duration, cost and purpose of each contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

273. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of any secondments from consulting firms to his Department since 2020; the consulting firm involved; the purpose of the secondment; the durations of the secondments; who paid the salary of the individual seconded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13188/25]

328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the cost of the EY Capital Project and Programme Delivery Capability Review commissioned in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7269/25]

346. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the role played by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in relation to the project to develop an ICT system at the Arts Council outlining in detail each time they were made aware of an increase in budget and the actions they took to inform others within his Department; and if he will m…

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline any plans to establish a mechanism for central oversight to monitor the amount of the allocated funding from the carbon tax that is actually being expended on the target schemes and programmes, as highlighted by the C&AG it will not be possible to say how much of the carbon tax will actua…

73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value, and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are cl…

331. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all public sector occupational pensions that are invested rather than operating on the pay-as-you-go; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3062/25]

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the steps Ireland will take, and argue for at EU level, in simplifying access to EU funds over the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3138/25]

345. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list all cases where Ireland applies “goldplating” in the process for applying for and drawing down EU funds and in each case to explain the rationale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3139/25]