Parliamentary questions

338. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform was the high-voltage live electricity cable, which delayed the works at the wall at the WRC office in Ballsbridge, contained in any ESB or other utility maps in the area. [3115/25]

339. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to break down the €61,500 Dublin City Council costs. [3116/25]

340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the construction of the wall at the offices of the WRC was tendered for directly by the OPW, or whether the service provider (details supplied) tendered for the job; the name of the company that won the tender and that delivered the job; the quantity surveyor that signed off o…

341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to give a detailed breakdown of the services provided by the ESB for the €54,000 charged to the OPW. [3118/25]

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the accountability that will be imposed on the processes and individuals involved in the project to build a wall at the offices of the WRC in Ballsbridge. [3119/25]

343. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to detail all construction jobs delivered through the OPW for the past ten years, the costs, length of time to deliver and quantities of each. [3121/25]

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the steps Ireland will take, and argue for at EU level, in simplifying access to EU funds over the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3138/25]

345. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list all cases where Ireland applies “goldplating” in the process for applying for and drawing down EU funds and in each case to explain the rationale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3139/25]

346. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the breakdown of the OPW’s total staff complement by its six business units, project management services, property management services, property maintenance services, architectural services, engineering services, and Government supplies agency, in tabular form; and if he will make a…

347. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to detail the size in square metres of the new Mayo Coast Guard station being built in Westport; the details of the bill of quantities for the project; the way he can stand over a cost of €6.8 million for the Westport Coast Guard station given a similar building was built by the RNLI …

348. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently outsources cleaning services and-or service officer or security officer roles to private companies; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3202/…

349. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently directly employs cleaners and-or service officers; if so, the number of staff employed in each role; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3220…

350. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an updated copy of the "Instructions to HR Managers on the Staffing of Ministerial Office" produced for the incoming Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3242/25]

351. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the pay grade that applies to civilian drivers for Ministers of State; the current weekly rate and annual salary value respectively for civilian drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3243/25]

352. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total value of the annual mileage claims for each Minister of State assigned to his Department in 2023 and 2024 respectively; to provide a breakdown for each year of the individual claims; the annual cost of overnight allowances related to the civilian drivers of each relevant Minister…

353. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list the composition of his private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to their office; whether they are located in the private or constituency office; the value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance; and if…

354. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of public sector workers in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare under headings (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3375/25]

355. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware that over seven years since the devastating floods at Burnfoot, County Donegal, in August 2017 planning permission has still not been secured for flood defences at the village, even though many families remain displaced from their homes at Páirc an Ghrianáin; an…

356. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what plans, schemes or supports he and the Office of Public Works have to ensure that the flooding that took place in Tallow, County Waterford, during Storm Babet, causing severe damage to homes and businesses, will not occur under similar conditions in the future; if he will pr…

357. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the up-to-date position regarding the building of a new Garda divisional headquarters in Northern Cross, Dublin 17; and when this project will move to the next stage. [3438/25]

358. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he can detail the ongoing role of the Office of Public Works in relation to the Sandymount flood relief scheme now that a company (details supplied) has been appointed to design the Sandymount flood defence scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3468/25]

359. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to examine the case of pension arrears affecting a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3556/25]

360. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the measures his Department is taking to encourage civil servants in his Department to take or avail of special leave or career breaks, or other forms of leave to encourage and facilitate Ireland's 2026 EU presidency, the Government "Career for EU" jobs strategy, and the D…

357. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if discussions with the respective landowner regarding the acquisition of a site, for the development of the Cleggan Coast Guard station have concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1509/25]

358. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an urgent update on the new Garda community headquarters for south Tipperary to be located in Clonmel (details supplied); the status of the tender process; if a contractor has been appointed; and the likely start date on this new facility. [1807/25]