Parliamentary questions

1026. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding in the past five years. [23998/26]

1027. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide a schedule of the 37 artworks currently listed as "unlocated" following the 2025 OPW audits, including the title, artist, and last known location for each piece. [24313/26]

1028. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated total market value of these unlocated pieces, given that recent reports suggest individual works in this category range in value up to €1,150 [24314/26]

1029. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the length of time each of these 37 pieces has been unaccounted for, and whether any have been missing since prior to the migration to the new digital collection management system. [24315/26]

1030. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any of the 37 unlocated items have been formally reported to An Garda Síochána as stolen, and the number of reported thefts from the State Art Collection in the past 24-months. [24316/26]

1031. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the specific actions the Art Management Office has taken to engage with the clients in the 500 public buildings where these works were on loan to ensure their return or location. [24317/26]

1032. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation following the discovery that 1.4% of the 2,633 pieces audited in 2025 are missing, if he will commit to an immediate physical in-person audit of the remaining 11,000 works in the collection. [24318/26]

1033. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he will review the loan agreements signed between client borrowers and the OPW to introduce stricter penalties or accountability measures for departments that fail to secure state-owned art. [24319/26]

1034. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a detailed breakdown of the ‘more detailed analysis’ of unlocated works promised for the 2026 work programme, including the deadline for its completion. [24320/26]

1035. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 10 February 2026, in which he indicated that his Department will shortly issue a letter to all Government Departments reminding them of their obligations under the Open Data Directive and the Freedom of Information Act 2014; whet…

1036. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes for which these tools are being used; whether any departmental guidance or governance structures have been developed to suppo…

1037. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the governance or oversight frameworks in place for the use of AI in public services, including any risk-assessment or ethical-review processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24490/26]

1038. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether guidance has been issued to public bodies on the procurement of AI-enabled tools, and if so, to provide an overview of the key requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24491/26]

1039. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of civil and public servants in his department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy or digital skills in the past year; whether a centralised training framework is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

1040. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of Government funding provided to supposedly environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24510/26]

1041. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if he will clarify whether his Department was the beneficiary of profe…

1042. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when will the preliminary submission by Wexford County Council for the interim flood relief measures be processed and approved as promised in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24595/26]

1043. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he accepts that the evidential presumption in respect of penalisation under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended, is not currently required to be applied during the administrative handling and investigation of disclosures by public bodies; and whether he wi…

1044. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any assessment has been undertaken of the potential litigation risk arising from administrative decisions taken by public bodies in relation to protected disclosures where the evidential presumption provided for under Sections 12 and 13 of the Protected Disclosures A…

1045. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he will issue a circular or binding instruction to all Departments, agencies, and prescribed persons requiring that, in assessing alleged penalisation of a reporting person under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended, decision-makers apply an evidential appr…

1046. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he is satisfied that the current administrative handling of protected disclosures by public bodies fully reflects the objectives of Directive (EU) 2019/1937, in particular the requirement to ensure effective protection against retaliation at all stages of the process…

1047. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the development of an alert system for local flooding; the work his Department has undertaken to establish an alert system; the timeline for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24689/26]

1048. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of vacancies filled in County Donegal by Irish language candidates in the current interdepartmental higher executive officer competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24755/26]

1049. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a list of all capital works that the OPW carried out at Raheny Garda Station in the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24890/26]

1050. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will outline the OPW’s progress on identifying a site for a new Garda Station in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24910/26]