Questions

343. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a detailed and definitive update on the long-delayed Turoe Stone project in Bullaun, Loughrea, Co. Galway; the current status of the Office of Public Works review of the detailed design; whether that review has now been completed; if ministerial consent has been sought; and, if not, the rea…

179. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the commitment in the policy statement on developing a new public procurement strategy for Ireland (details supplied) including the status of the OGP-OECD project referenced as providing a roadmap for that strategy; whether the roadmap has now been completed; the expected timel…

24. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to prepare and publish a list of the types of infrastructure which will be designated as critical infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51376/26]

279. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the purchase order systems used across Departments, agencies and other public bodies (details supplied); if so, the number of public bodies known to operate a single purchase order system, multiple purchase order systems, and no purchase o…

285. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the web link to his Department’s Q2 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date.…

286. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation having regard to the definition of “machine-readable format” in S.I. No. 376/2021 and to Government Open Data Policy, to state the file formats which his Department recognises as machine-readable for the publication of tabular public-sector datasets. [51574/26]

288. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to evidence given by officials of the Office of Government Procurement before the Committee of Public Accounts (details supplied) on 10 July 2025; the basis upon which these assessments were made; whether the Office of Government Procurement or his Department has completed an assessment…

156. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 367 and 368 of 17 September 2025 and Parliamentary Question No. 655 of 16 June 2026, if he will confirm the details and methodology of the figures provided (details supplied). [47963/26]

157. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to evidence given by officials of the Office of Government Procurement before the Committee of Public Accounts on 10 July 2025 (details supplied), whether the Office of Government Procurement has since completed any assessment of compliance with these requirements; and, if so, to provid…

158. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation given that officials of the Office of Government Procurement informed the Committee of Public Accounts on 10 July 2025 that contracting authorities are required under legislation and Government policy to publish contract award notices, that evidence suggested not all organisations were doing so…

262. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 28 May 2026, and his statement that the publication of purchase order data over €20,000 has been Government policy since 2011, whether his Department monitored compliance with that requirement across Departments, agencies and public bodies between 201…

365. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to his statement during Oral Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 28 May 2026 that the publication of purchase order data over €20,000 stems from a commitment in the Programme for Government and public service reform plan 2011, whether it was the expectation of Government that all Departmen…

366. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether for procurement spend, a purchase order can be raised within his Department's financial management systems without reference to a contract, framework agreement, procurement process or other authorising arrangement; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; and if he will make a …

367. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether an invoice can be paid by his Department without an associated purchase order having first been raised; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; the number and value of payments made during quarter one of 2026 which were not associated with a purchase order [45188/26]

370. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 337 of 24 June 2025 and 492 of 18 March 2026, whether it is his Department’s position that the Government, the Department, or the Office of Government Procurement does not currently have a lawful basis under the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 to col…

630. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has a policy position on the use by contracting authorities or bodies under their remit of procurement platforms additional to, or separate from, eTenders for the advertising or management of public procurement processes; whether any assessment has been undertaken as to w…

631. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total amount spent by his Department on public procurement in 2025; to provide a breakdown, where available, by goods, services, works procurement expenditure, by expenditure procured directly by his Department and expenditure procured through central purchasing arrangements or frameworks; …

632. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department is fully compliant with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Model Publication Scheme Guidance, issued under section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, specifically the requirements under section D and section E (details supplied); to publish quarterly th…

649. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 28 May 2026, regarding the inclusion of contract references within published purchase order reports, whether there is currently anything preventing his Department from including a contract reference, contract award notice identifier, or similar linkin…

650. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 28 May 2026, in which he indicated that the ability to link published purchase order data to the relevant contract reference is dependent on the configuration and capabilities of financial management systems, whether his Department provides funding to…

651. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether there is a Government policy, framework or standard regarding the financial management and procurement systems used across Government Departments, agencies and local authorities; whether any standardised or common systems are mandated, recommended or centrally supported; and, if not, th…

655. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 367 and 368 of 17 September 2025, regarding the estimate that public procurement accounts for approximately €18.5 billion annually, if he will provide the actual dataset used to calculate public procurement expenditure across the public service; if not, th…

656. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the report found under purchase order payments report of 9 April 2026, now incorporates purchase order payment data relating to the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), given that in previous years separate reports were ma…

658. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the breakdown of total capital expenditure under the National Development Plan for each of the years from 2020 to 2025, by Department; and the percentage share of total NDP capital expenditure represented by each Department cumulatively, in graph and in tabular form. [43369/26]

659. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the breakdown of total capital expenditure under the National Development Plan for each of the years from 2026 to 2030, by Department; and the percentage share of total NDP capital expenditure represented by each Department cumulatively, in graph and in tabular form. [43370/26]