Parliamentary questions

384. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on proposed funding and works for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1113/25]

385. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide funding to carry out emergency coastal protection works to the sea wall adjacent to the Lower Road, Valentia Island, County Kerry before it is washed away; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1132/25]

386. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will ensure the OPW assist and liaise with the local authority in relation to the collapse of a flood wall on the Camac River in Dublin 8 has affected local residents (details supplied). [1172/25]

387. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on any work his Department has undertaken to review the reopening of Lusk Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1213/25]

388. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of works on the weir at Ballincollig regional park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/25]

389. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of a project (details supplied); when he expects planning permission to be submitted for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1344/25]

390. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will allow previous years of payment increments to be counted towards a current salary scale when an individual is offered a permanent job in the public service; if he is aware that in many cases, the individuals affected by this anomaly have worked in the same building, at the s…

391. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1388/25]

392. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will commit to a one metre reduction in the water levels of Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. [1429/25]

393. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will commit to the removal of the ten pinch points on the river Shannon between Athlone and Meelick. [1430/25]

394. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of WTE qualified archaeologists employed by OPW as of 2 January 2025, in tabular form. [1469/25]

395. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the percentage of the 2024 OPW capital budget allocation that was actually spent; if any unspent funding will be automatically transferred to the 2025 capital budget allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1493/25]

396. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the refurbishment works that were carried out by OPW at Kilkenny Castle during 2024; the future refurbishment works scheduled to commence at Kilkenny Castle over the next 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1494/25]

397. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the capital budget remains in place to complete the Clifden flood relief scheme; and the details of the level of funding that is provided for the full completion of the scheme. [1506/25]

398. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if his Department has used AI, including large language mod…

399. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Public Appointments Service will launch Irish-language recruitment campaigns for the civil service in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1592/25]

400. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a site (details supplied) is under the ownership of the OPW; the plans the OPW has for this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1637/25]

401. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will report on the recent destruction of riverbanks and homes along the Camac in the Dublin 8 area and recommendations for the OPW to carry out essential works that mitigate further loss of riverbanks and structure collapse. [1651/25]

402. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the new Clonmel Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1694/25]

403. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1769/25]

404. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a complete list of public bodies, including Government Departments, agencies, local authorities, and education and training boards currently required to report purchase orders of €20,000 or greater, as originally committed under previous public service reform plans a…

405. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will clarify the reporting criteria that public bodies are required to follow when publishing purchase orders of €20,000 or greater, specifically the distinction between purchase orders for goods and services procured and other payments; and if he will outline any exemptions to t…

406. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1866/25]

407. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the lands at Castletown House are included in those designated in the programme For Government as being of key national heritage, and therefore for proposed acquisition by the State, the lands in question being the subject of long public and political attention due to their cultural…

408. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2040/25]