Parliamentary questions

338. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of data breaches reported by the National Shared Service Office to the Data Protection Commissioner in each of the years 2021 to 2024, and to date in 2025, respectively; if the National Shared Service Office has been audited by the Data Protection Commissioner; and…

339. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total number of civil servants employed across all Government Departments, by grade, for each of the years 2015 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/25]

340. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the application for planning permission for a car park for (details supplied) will be submitted; if his Department is still engaging with a centre on the opening of a car park there; if essential service vehicles will be included in the use of said car park; and if he w…

341. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a breakdown in the cost of running a property (details supplied) in 2024 while it was closed to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32790/25]

342. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he exercised his power under the Arts Act 2004 to refuse to consent to the proposal by the Arts Council for the reappointment of its director; if he disagreed with the business case submitted in support of the proposal; if so, the nature of the disagreement; and if he wil…

343. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has had any engagement with An Post in relation to section 8.22 of the Code of Practice in respect of any material acquisition or disposal of land, buildings or other material assets; and, if so, the nature of that engagement. [32802/25]

344. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on the position regarding sale of State-owned buildings housing public services; his plans to ensure that buildings currently in public use remain in public use; his plans to ensure retention of state assets in public ownership and community use; and if he will make…

345. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settle…

302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment o…

303. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will set out the name, location and extent of all lands currently vested in him, pursuant to Section 28 of the State Property Act 1954, in tabular form; the plans for the future utilisation of any of these lands; the specific powers he has under the State Property Act…

304. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide a breakdown of the number of recruitment competitions run by the Public Appointments Service that have utilised ‘reserve panels’ before the interview stage in the past three years; if he will list the competitions where this process has been used; the numb…

305. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to give a detailed progress report in relation to a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31468/25]

306. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to explain to the boatmen, all those involved in the hospitality sector, the local community in Iveragh and throughout the south Kerry region and the general public, the reason it took a High Court ruling to issue temporary permits when the OPW always had the legal authori…

307. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will al…

308. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if an agreed lease for a community playground in west Kerry (details supplied) will be issued to allow the project to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31612/25]

309. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress that has been made to transfer the land at Ionad an Bhlascaoid to Kerry County Council for a playground in Dún Chaoin. [31699/25]

90. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30925/25]

91. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1 million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular f…

92. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5 million and which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabula…

93. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 26 February 2025, if he will provide an update on a possible timeline for a visit to the location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30880/25]

94. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will report on movements being made to explore a supplementary pension for post-2013 uniformed public servants retiring before the age of 66; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30885/25]

95. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 396 of 8 April 2025 and 61 of 14 May 2025, when he will meet an organisation (details supplied) as committed to back in April and still awaited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31068/25]

96. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 29 April 2025, if there is any formal tabular measurement of the regional balance with respect to the Government’s NDP capital investment commitment of €165 billion 2021-30 or budget 2025 provision of almost €15 billion and €3 bil…

97. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 29 April 2025, if his Department envisages any further improvements to the provision of information to Dáil Éireann and public on specific capital spending projects supported by the public purse. [31213/25]

98. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of retired officials who were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare co…