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Donna McGettigan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
865. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the long-term plans for the old Intreo office on the Navan Road, Dublin 7; and if the OPW will consider leasing the facility to local community groups. [55475/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
866. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a complete list of all OPW properties that are being leased for use as public buildings around the country; and the rents that are being paid in respect of these buildings. [55492/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
867. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to list all Government departments and agencies that are currently based in rented accommodation; and the cost of annual rent for each office. [55493/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
868. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding a national procurement strategy, which was due to be published earlier this year; an explanation for the delay of this strategy; and a date for the publication of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55523/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
869. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 544 and 619 of 30 June 2026, the way in which the forecasted overspends of the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration will be accommodated for within the Government's fiscal rules; if Supplementary Esti…
Mairéad Farrell Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
870. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department are still committed to ending the process of using Supplementary Estimates to cover Government overspends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55527/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
871. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts wil…
Mairéad Farrell Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
872. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details on vote groups where current spending is above planned spending at this point in the year; to provide figures on the amount these vote groups are overspending by, both as a percentage and as a nominal figure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Mairéad Farrell Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
873. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to publish the “efficiency and reform proposals” which his Department requested from each Government department, and were due to be submitted on 17 July 2026, with immediate effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55556/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
874. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the impact of the “efficiency and reform proposals” that he has requested from each Government department on public services; to provide detail on where public service delivery will be impacted as a result of these spending cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [555…
Emer Currie Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
875. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the most up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [55586/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
876. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of tenders that the Office of Government Procurement put out for the provision of hospitality staff during Ireland's Presidency of the EU; and the names of those companies that were awarded the contract to provide this service. [55625/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
877. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding any product or service purchased from Japan by his Department in 2025 or to date in 2026, broken down by description and amount paid. [55677/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
878. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures currently in place to ensure fair access for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to public procurement opportunities; whether his Department intends to undertake a review of SME participation and success rates in public procurement competitions; the bodies responsible for m…
Liam Quaide Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
879. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the current projected timeframe for each flood relief scheme intended to protect settlements in east Cork affected by Storm Babet in October 2023, including the projected dates for completion of design, submission of a required planning application, commencement of construction and co…
Cathal Crowe Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
880. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has considered designating large scale geological energy storage projects under the Critical Infrastructure Act 2026 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55962/26]
Duncan Smith Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
881. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated cost to re-instate the supplementary pension for members of uniformed services which was abolished under the post-2013 single public service pension scheme, by each individual uniformed service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55974/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Office of Public Works has received a request from An Garda Síochána or the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, or initiated an assessment or business case, regarding the provision of a Garda station at Saggart as part of the Citywest campus; the expected timeframe for a de…
Pa Daly Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
883. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of State-owned properties that are currently vacant, by county; the number of months they have been vacant for; the square footage of each property; if there are plans to find new occupiers; the stage these plans are at, for example, if new occupiers have been identified and c…
Pa Daly Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
884. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the funding allocated to maintaining vacant properties owned by the OPW, broken down by property since they were originally vacated; the breakdown of the average cost to bring a vacant property owned by the OPW into use for social housing; the breakdown of the overall cost to bring vacant properties…
Mairéad Farrell Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
885. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his attention has been drawn to the lack of meaningful competition within the OPW event infrastructure framework in the context of delivering infrastructure for approximately 270 events as part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (details supplied); if he is satis…
Paul Donnelly Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
886. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the flood relief projects currently under construction and funded by the OPW; and the timeframe for each of those projects be completed, in tabular form. [56212/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the provisions introduced by the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022, which amended the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, can be applied or implemented retrospectively in respect of protected disclosures made before the commencement of the 2022 Act; and if he will make a statement on the…
Holly Cairns Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
888. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average pensionable years of service upon retirement, by gender of employees of the public service; the average annual public service pension currently in payment to employees, by gender; and if her Department has ever undertaken an assessment of gender pension gaps within the public sector…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
889. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of buildings in the Office of Public Works estate that are fully wheelchair accessible; the number that are not; the programme of works in place to bring the remaining buildings into compliance with section 25 of the Disability Act 2005, which required public buildings to be ma…