Parliamentary questions

116. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for details on planned flood remediation works and arterial drainage works to take place in County Clare in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4856/25]

117. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if, in relation to the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995, he plans to make changes to the Members’ register of interests, whereby properties held through a company must be disclosed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5065/25]

118. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has had or if he is planning to have discussions with the Minister for Health regarding the planned industrial action of Section 39 workers and similarly the recent ballots for industrial action by other health workers in relation to the 'pay and numbers' strategy; and if…

170. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if reported plans (details supplied) to not have a cost-of-living package in Budget 2026 will affect existing supports such as the one-off social welfare bonuses in Budget 2025 and the domestic energy credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5421/25]

171. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the measures he plans to take to improve and modernise systems of administrative accountability at senior levels and political accountability at Ministerial level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5121/25]

172. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he will publish the final review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014; when he will publish legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5126/25]

173. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details on the way he plans to ensure that the OPW and its structures deliver best value for money outcomes on all projects; if he has timeline for the completion of any proposed reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5123/25]

174. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how a person (details supplied) can tender for the purpose of helicopter and air services for the Department; when tenders are opened; how long current tenders are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5287/25]

175. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will request from Dublin City Council a detailed, itemised cost analysis of the sandbags installed in Clontarf as a flood defence measure, including the initial procurement and purchase costs of sandbags, installation costs such as labour, machinery, and contracted services, on…

176. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are plans to introduce a system of real-time oversight of public spending, in order that overspends and budgetary issues can be monitored between the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5444/25]

177. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will share the priority matrix or other details of a mechanism of how capital projects will be selected and prioritised under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5445/25]

130. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the review of the Civil Service blended working policy framework will commence; the lead department overseeing this review; if the review will be conducted by an external organisation or internal group; the names of all those involved in the review; the timeline for the review; …

131. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the labour costs to date of building the wall on the Hill of Tara. [4932/25]

132. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide free sanitary products in all public buildings under the remit of the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4947/25]

133. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4961/25]

134. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 5 February 2025, when the OPW will approve the preliminary business case for the proposed new office building at the Limerick opera site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4993/25]

135. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the two flood alleviation schemes being undertaken by the OPW in an area (details supplied) and to make a statement on the costs involved the progress of work to date. [5005/25]

136. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the measures he will take to expedite delivery of project assessments, appraisals, business cases, and other stages of the approval process, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5096/25]

137. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the measures he will take to streamline and simplify the delivery of flood relief initiatives, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5097/25]

138. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans to simplify planning, procurement and project management approvals for infrastructure projects in Dublin; if he will outline any specific examples of international best practice his Department has identified as potentially useful in the development of reforms to our public…

139. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the various metrics his Department uses to measure the impact that digitalisation will have on public service delivery; the specific areas of public services that his Department have outlined as having the highest potential for digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the …

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline any plans to establish a mechanism for central oversight to monitor the amount of the allocated funding from the carbon tax that is actually being expended on the target schemes and programmes, as highlighted by the C&AG it will not be possible to say how much of the c…

141. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is concerned that a conflict of interest may exist in relation to the Minister of State for the OPW’s involvement in a High Court case relating to an OPW property in Lissywollen; what steps he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5200/25]

211. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline what support his Department has, and can, make available to address coastal erosion and also beach renourishment at the beach at Courtown Harbour, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4019/25]

212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the current situation regarding restoration works at Durrow Abbey, Durrow, Tullamore, County Offaly; when repairs will be completed; when Durrow Abbey will be opened to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4145/25]