179. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he plans to update the interim guidelines for the use of AI in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18337/25]
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180. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department assesses productivity across all Government Departments; the methodology of how that is assessed, and areas where improvement has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18338/25]
181. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department is developing a policy for the use of high-risk AI tools, as categorised by the EU AI Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18339/25]
182. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department is considering the development of a national data library such as that proposed in the UK AI Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18340/25]
183. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the steps his Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if he will outline the logic behind their approach; and if he will make a statement on the …
184. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18382/25]
185. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will identify any projects which a body under the aegis of his Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; if he will send this question to the bodies for direct response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18400/25]
186. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will specify the specific policy areas where the Department is examining future use of AI; if he will identify what entities the Department is working with, public or private, in relation to this examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18417/25]
187. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18434/25]
188. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18459/25]
189. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18476/25]
190. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18…
67. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline the monies claimed by Ireland under the Recovery and Resilience Fund; the programmes the funding was expended on; the extent of remaining monies due to be drawn down and by which programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17814/25]
68. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of languages the recruitment leaflet for the 2025 Garda recruitment campaign was translated into; the cost of translating the leaflet into these languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18012/25]
69. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 3 April 2025, if officials from the OPW inspected the hedgerow prior to these works being carried out and since the works have been carried out; and if so, the way in which this can be presented as standard practice rather than destruction. [17692/25]
70. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if funding has been allocated to implement the recommendations of the Dublin City Centre Taskforce report; if so, to provide details of the specific allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17773/25]
71. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will review the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension scheme for members recruited post-2013 in An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, Fire Service and Prison Service, in light of the fact that the scheme does not include a supplementary pension to bridge the gap between early retirem…
72. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated financial gap in annual pension income for fast accrual pension scheme members between the age of 55 and the State pension age; the Department’s response to concerns that this gap is forcing members into post-retirement work despite health issues arising from their service; and if he will make…
73. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has assessed the impact of the current pension arrangements for post-2013 uniformed public service recruits on long-term recruitment and retention within An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, the Fire Service and the Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17776/25]
74. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has engaged with trade unions or staff associations representing Gardaí, firefighters, prison officers, and Defence Forces members regarding the restoration or introduction of a supplementary pension benefit for fast accrual pension scheme members; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
75. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will clarify the Government’s position on a supplementary pension benefit for uniformed public servants, in light of previous commitments in 2019 by a Government Minister that post-2013 entrants would not be left worse off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17778/25]
76. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on whether the current fast accrual pension scheme adequately reflects the acknowledged shorter healthy working lifespan of uniformed public servants; and if he will consider reforms to ensure pension equity for those required to retire before State pension age; and if he will make a statement on …
77. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of candidates in the European elections 2024 who have been reimbursed electoral expenses to date; the number of candidates whose expenses have yet to be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17816/25]
78. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide any framework or policy he is pursuing with the aim of reducing the cost of goods and services in Ireland, in particular, in public procurement processes and any advice he has received on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17861/25]
79. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to addr…