Parliamentary questions

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…

219. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 8 May 2025, the breakdown of the €3.6 million expended to date on a scheme (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26998/25]

220. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all framework agreements currently in place under the remit of the Office of Government Procurement or associated central purchasing bodies (details supplied); and if that data is not held centrally, to indicate how such drawdown activity is tracked. [27012/25]

221. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and fram…

222. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdown…

223. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts whe…

224. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide, a breakdown equivalent to Table 2.6 of the OECD report "Procurement for Better Value - A Case Study of Ireland" for each year from 2019 to 2024, by each portfolio (details supplied); if data for earlier years is not available in this structure, to provide the most complete …

225. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list the top ten frameworks by spend under direct drawdown in 2023 and 2024, showing for each, the framework name, the total drawdown value; and the percentage of total direct-drawdown expenditure it represents. [27073/25]

226. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of any value-for-money reviews, savings validations or performance benchmarks completed on each portfolio in the past four years; the headline savings achieved; the key performance indicators used; and the steps taken where frameworks underperformed targets.; and if …

227. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to indicate any planned additions, consolidations or retirements of framework categories over the next 12-18 months; and the rationale for each proposed change. [27075/25]

228. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm the expected publication dates for the next Public Procurement Annual Report. [27076/25]

229. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if an area will be considered for inclusion in a flood relief scheme (details supplied), given the area's current vulnerability to structural collapse and flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27095/25]

230. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount of the infrastructure, climate and nature find that will be ringfenced for climate and nature specific initiatives; the criteria set out to define a measure as a ‘climate’ or ‘nature’ measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27128/25]

231. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in general, the rules his Department has set regarding determining the date of promotion in the Civil Service; and are there any circumstances where the date of promotion could be considered to be a date prior to the signing of the contract by the successful candidate. [27154/25]

232. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether a public body that made an offer to a civil servant that was accepted under the terms of the civil service mobility scheme can then turn around and cancel that offer; if so, the circumstance permitting such a course of action and where are they published; the protections that ex…

233. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether a public body that made an offer to a civil servant that was accepted under the terms of the civil service mobility scheme can then turn around and cancel that offer; if so, the circumstance permitting such a course of action and where are they published; the protections that ex…

234. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on a flood relief scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27180/25]

235. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the plans to reopen the last round tower in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27388/25]

236. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he expects an OPW site (details supplied) to be open to the public and if there will there be access to the tower itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27411/25]

237. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are plans to improve the access roads and local signage regarding an OPW site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27412/25]

238. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are plans to provide amenities such as public lighting, picnic tables, information signage, QR codes to link to previous use on an OPW site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27413/25]

239. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there is a record of the works completed to date on an OPW site (details supplied); if there are plans for further works to be carried out; if so, the timeframe for same; if this information will be available online to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27414/25]

240. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the policy, in general, that his Department has set regarding determining the date of promotion in the Civil Service; and if there are any circumstances where the date of promotion could be considered to be a date prior to the signing of the contract by the successful candidate. [27…

241. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if funding from the infrastructure, climate and nature fund will be directed towards major infrastructure projects undertaken by the state; if that fund will be ringfenced specifically for climate initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27657/25]

242. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of times the strategic infrastructure unit in his Department has met since its inception; to provide a breakdown of Departments and agencies that were present at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27673/25]