Parliamentary questions

84. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4617/26]

85. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has received any request from the Department of Agriculture; Food and the Marine to increase the allocation in response to oversubscription for TAMS 3 solar PV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4659/26]

86. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will issue emergency funding to a project at an OPW site (details supplied) to see the project to the end of 2026, and allow time for the project to source alternative longer term funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4768/26]

87. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4822/26]

88. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if any website or other platform operated by his Department uses an AI-enabled chatbot; if there are plans to use chatbots; in what circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4840/26]

89. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online platforms, including identifying separately payments to influencers on such platforms; and to set out the annual totals for that period to each specifi…

415. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current status of works on the Weir at Ballincollig Regional Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3450/26]

416. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the plan for improvement works at Kilcrea Abbey at Kilcrea, Cork given the increasingly poor condition of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3451/26]

417. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the timeline to publish the terms and conditions following the announcement of the increase in funding supports available to local authorities under the OPW minor works scheme in August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3458/26]

418. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the development of flood defence scheme for the Oranmore to Kinvarra coastline in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3537/26]

419. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will expedite the Thomastown flood relief scheme in County Kerry; when works will commence; the estimated timeframe for the proposed works to be completed; the estimated cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3574/26]

420. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will expedite the Graiguenamanagh flood relief scheme in County Kilkenny; when works will commence; the estimated timeframe for the proposed works to be completed; the estimated cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3575/26]

421. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to list all the OPW owned sites in County Kilkenny, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3576/26]

422. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details of all the OPW owned sites in County Carlow, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3578/26]

423. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to list the roles within public or semi-State organisations under his Department that are excluded from the single public service pension scheme; the number of people employed in those roles, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3623/26]

424. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide a schedule of the companies that are currently on the Office of Government Procurement framework for the provision of ICT services to public bodies; when each contract with each company is due to expire, in tabular form. [3740/26]

425. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the national lottery reform report which an organisation (details supplied) undertook; the key steps that have taken place; the indicative timeline on the next steps of the reform; the reform options his Department will carry out especially with a view to cre…

426. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3877/26]

427. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the date by which the Whitechurch flood alleviation works will be completed; the work site cleared and public access restored.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4164/26]

428. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works in excess of €40,000 that the OPW carried out at Mullingar Garda Station in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [4177/26]

429. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works in excess of €40,000 that the OPW carried out at Granard Garda Station in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [4178/26]

430. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works in excess of €40,000 that the OPW carried out at Longford Garda Station in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [4179/26]

431. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average period of weeks for a major capital project to go through the entire approval gate two process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4240/26]

432. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average period of weeks for a major capital project to go through the entire approval gate three process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4241/26]

433. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the legal status of the ‘administrative guidance’ proposed under action 23 of the ‘Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4242/26]