230. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Mountjoy Garda Station in the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [52791/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
Browse the questions
3,685 questions match, newest first.
231. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if there is a specific policy within his Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that he may appoint; the rationale behind any such policy; the way in which it aligns with encouraging participation in local government; and if he will make a statemen…
232. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to commit to preparing legislation to not automatically exclude members of local authorities from consideration for appointment to State boards; and to set out the reasons such persons would be excluded. [52878/26]
233. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the extent to which his Department engages with the Department of Health on quantifying the long-term budgetary savings of prevention-focused investment in chronic disease management, including diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52897/26]
234. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the assessment of anticipated demand that was carried out before the principal officer 2025 recruitment campaign, run by Publicjobs, the Public Appointments Service was initiated; the way in which that compares to actual placements achieved to date; the anticipated rate or volume of further…
235. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in relation to the principal officer 2025 recruitment campaign, and in the absence of an order of merit, the criteria used to determine the order in which candidates are assigned to vacancies; the steps being taken to ensure that the scale of a recruitment competition reflects realistic, ev…
236. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 1 July 2026, in relation to Circular 16/2023: Civil Service Domestic Violence and Abuse Policy and Supports (details supplied), his views on the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53369/26]
237. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will clarify if sanction was given by his Department for a deal balloted in 2025 (details supplied). [53371/26]
238. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated total annual costs of private consultancy fees across the public sector over the past five years, for Government departments, State agencies, State-owned companies, semi-State companies, and other bodies in the CSO Register of Public Sector Bodies, by category, by year, in…
239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated overall annual cost to the State of employing public sector officials with salaries of €100,000 or more, including pension costs, including employees in Government departments, State agencies, State-owned companies, semi-State companies, and other bodies in the CSO Registe…
240. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through his Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to apply; the purpose of each grant scheme; the eligibility criteria; the application process; the opening and closing dates for application; and if he will mak…
241. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on phase 2 of the River Wad flood alleviation scheme [53576/26]
242. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will review the impact of the public sector single pension scheme on post-2013 fast accrual pension members, including prison officers; to give consideration to restoring a supplementary pension arrangement to bridge the gap between retirement age and State pension age; and if he will…
243. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a civil servant who is a member of the Civil Service spouses' and children's contributory pension scheme may nominate or otherwise register a cohabiting partner for survivor pension purposes; the process to record a qualified cohabitant in advance of a survivor pension claim arising; whether, fo…
244. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on the need to approve a new board for Kilmainham Gaol, or to re-establish the outgoing board so that work with the Gaol can continue effectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53673/26]
71. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the introduction of free access to OPW sites to people with disabilities and children under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52107/26]
72. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner applies S.I. No. 367/2020, Prescribed Persons for the bodies responsible for safeguarding and not S.I. No. 233/2025, aligning them with the primary Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the …
73. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of vacant OPW or HSE buildings assessed as potentially suitable for youth services; whether any have been offered to youth organisations; and if not, to outline the process by which youth organisations may access such buildings. [51915/26]
74. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51989/26]
75. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the OPW failed to commence construction on a single major flood relief scheme, as reported in the Public Service Performance Report 2025; to provide details of the two target projects that did not commence construction in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52052/…
76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the OPW only delivered substantial completion on one of their target of four major flood relief schemes as reported in the Public Service Performance Report 2025; to provide details of the three target projects that were not substantially completed in 2025; and if he will make a st…
77. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on the development of Doneraile House and grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52154/26]
78. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the capital funding that has been allocated, or is proposed to be allocated, for public infrastructure projects in Cork north west under the National Development Plan during 2026 and 2027; if he will outline the projects included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52155/26]
1. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will publish the efficiency and reform proposals that he requested each Department to provide to him by 17 July 2026; if he will do so at the earliest opportunity possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51702/26]
2. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department carried out a risk assessment in advance of publishing a tender to establish a new framework agreement for the provision of Microsoft solution renewals and associated services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51706/26]