1020. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he accepts that awarding contracts primarily on lowest price increases the risk of cost overruns, contract variations and delayed delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23635/26]
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1021. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department sets or recommends minimum weightings for quality, risk and delivery criteria in tender evaluations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23636/26]
1022. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of tenders identified as abnormally low and rejected in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23637/26]
1023. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department tracks the variance between initial tender price and final outturn cost on public capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23638/26]
1024. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he will revise procurement guidance to place greater emphasis on whole of life cost, delivery certainty and risk management rather than upfront price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23639/26]
1025. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the OPW will allow the Tranche 2 list of OPW flood schemes to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/26]
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; whether this letter has …
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 support their responsible…
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. [24492/26]
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.
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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 professional work or serv…
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 will introduce a forma…
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 Act 2014, as amended,…