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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

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Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
808. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will outline the procedure for filling Civil Service positions; if that public panels and internal mobility panels are operational; if appointments are made on a rotational basis between the public panel and the mobility panel; what the rotation is between public and mobility panels;…
Liam Quaide Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
334. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current number of staff in the National Shared Service Office who have applied through the civil service mobility scheme to transfer to a position elsewhere in the civil service. [32675/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
339. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total number of civil servants employed across all Government Departments, by grade, for each of the years 2015 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
421. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if previous employment experience is taken into account when determining salary scale entry points for people entering employment in the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29104/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
425. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of persons currently on a panel for Executive Officer post within Civil Service from the most recent EO Recruitment Campaign; and when will this panel expire. [29363/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
431. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of candidates the Public Appointments Service intends to interview as part of the open and interdepartmental competition for assistant principals before September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30118/25]
Paul Murphy Written 29 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
312. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason demand by Government Departments for staff from the 2024 Open Competition for Assistant Principal is so low; the number of candidates he expects to be recruited from this competition by September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28553/25]
Emer Currie Written 28 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
143. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the commitment to review the Civil Service Blended Working Policy Framework; when the review is expected to commence; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27849/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 27 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
231. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in general, the rules his Department has set regarding determining the date of promotion in the Civil Service; and are there any circumstances where the date of promotion could be considered to be a date prior to the signing of the contract by the successful candidate. [27154/25]
Paul Murphy Written 27 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
232. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether a public body that made an offer to a civil servant that was accepted under the terms of the civil service mobility scheme can then turn around and cancel that offer; if so, the circumstance permitting such a course of action and where are they published; the protections that exist for civil servan…
Paul Murphy Written 27 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
233. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether a public body that made an offer to a civil servant that was accepted under the terms of the civil service mobility scheme can then turn around and cancel that offer; if so, the circumstance permitting such a course of action and where are they published; the protections that exist for civil servan…
Mairéad Farrell Written 27 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
240. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the policy, in general, that his Department has set regarding determining the date of promotion in the Civil Service; and if there are any circumstances where the date of promotion could be considered to be a date prior to the signing of the contract by the successful candidate. [27608/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
656. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of candidates that are currently on the panel for executive officer grade within civil service from the most recent EO recruitment campaign. [20247/25]
John McGuinness Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
143. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of staff in the civil service on 1 March 2025 compared with 1 March 2020 and 1 March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15977/25]
John McGuinness Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
146. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there is a strategy in relation to staffing numbers in the civil service in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15978/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
148. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the employment rate of people with disabilities across the civil service. [6434/25]
John Clendennen Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
201. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the civil service mobility scheme; when the scheme will be opened to the professional/technical grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/25]
Paul Murphy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
292. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of the outsourcing of jobs within Departments; how much this has cost; if there will be a move to cut back on outsourcing in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13423/25]
Holly Cairns Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
453. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department has circulated advice on instances where a civil servant is serving a custodial sentence for a serious violent crime; and if he could provide detail of this advice, and the impact such a conviction would have on the individual’s employment status within the civil service. [11005/25]
Ged Nash Oral 13 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
75. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he plans to commence and conclude his planned review of the Civil Service blended working policy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5125/25]
Niall Collins Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Public Expenditure
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]