Parliamentary questions

109. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the work of the Construction Sector Group to date in 2025; to detail how the priority themes are being progressed by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27328/25]

110. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline a timeline of his Department’s Plan to push tranche 2 flood schemes forward to tranche 1 in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28163/25]

111. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if, as part of the ongoing review of the National Development Plan, particularly in relation to national strategic outcome 10, he will review the stark under-provision of capital funding for provision of childcare facilities compared to capital funding allocations for other areas of soc…

112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the National Development Plan Review. [27720/25]

113. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he expects there to be a new PEACEPLUS programme post-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27876/25]

114. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he agrees that it will be necessary to make choices and prioritise investments in sectors and programmes that boost our economic growth and competitiveness, while providing value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27986/25]

115. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will examine providing special allowances to public sector workers that take account of increased housing and other costs in many areas in the state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27864/25]

116. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will report on the progress of the €1.1 billion PEACEPLUS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27875/25]

117. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a timeline for the completion of the national children's science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28162/25]

118. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the new public procurement strategy will encourage social enterprises to bid for Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27692/25]

119. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the use of AI in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27634/25]

120. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans in relation to the families' demand that the remains of their relatives, members of the IRB's Invincibles, currently buried in a yard in Kilmainham Jail Museum, be exhumed to be reinterred in Glasnevin Cemetery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25522/25]

121. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if total capital investment to date in 2025 is on profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27987/25]

122. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will confirm the capital allocations made in 2024 to public infrastructure projects located in Dublin Bay North, including schools, transport, and healthcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28249/25]

123. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the medium-term expenditure framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27743/25]

124. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will examine a pay cap for CEOs in public sector bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27867/25]

125. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the value-for-money reports published by his Department in the years 2023 to date. [28018/25]

126. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the creation of the digital wallet by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27635/25]

127. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the actions he will take the address the concerns raised about the use of AI in the public service by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28129/25]

128. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the measures being taken to improve multi-annual capital expenditure planning across Departments, particularly in relation to delays in large infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28248/25]

129. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he aware of the pension proposal developed by CIÉ (details supplied) which includes provision for employees who reach 40 years of service and who cannot benefit any further under the defined benefit scheme, to then contribute to a new defined contribution scheme for their remainder of t…

130. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the plans in place to protect the Kerry coastline from coastal erosion and tidal flooding and the main towns of Tralee, Kenmare and Listowel from flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18062/25]

131. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to report on the status of the infrastructure delivery taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28050/25]

132. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the progress of revised ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/25]

133. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the position regarding any systems put in place to ensure the integrity of the national lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28080/25]