416. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 62586/26 of 7 September 2026, to outline when the parking strategy is expected to be completed; and to provide a timeline as to when the OPW will submit for planning permission. [73788/26]
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417. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the proposed structure, governance arrangements and operational remit of the public spending efficiency taskforce; the criteria and methodology that will be used to identify potential expenditure efficiencies; whether the Taskforce will undertake systematic reviews of existing expenditure progra…
418. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total amount spent by Public Jobs on advertising consultant posts in publications (details supplied) in each year from 2021 to date in 2026, directly or through any intermediary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73887/26]
419. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will intervene to resolve the ongoing public sector pay dispute to ensure that services can continue without further disruption. [73893/26]
420. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is aware of a petition (details supplied), calling for fair contractual standards for publicly funded interpreting services; if these standards will be considered within the current OGP multi-supplier framework for interpreting services; and, if not, the steps that will be taken to in…
421. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide a schedule of the number of staff directly attached to him in his advisory and parliamentary teams, by grade and point on scale; and the length of time they have been attached to him. [74487/26]
422. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to urgently address and advertise planned strike action; and to clarify whether he will enter into meaningful talks with unions to avoid disruption across all public sector areas. [74030/26]
423. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 29 September 2026, if he will elaborate on what specific services were initially been tendered for; if he will elaborate more on the concerns that were identified by interested parties that led to the withdrawal of the tender; to state if a delay of t…
424. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of public and semi-State sector employees whose remuneration exceeds that of the Taoiseach. [74293/26]
425. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of State boards, task forces, commissions and advisory bodies currently in existence under the aegis of his Department; and their combined annual cost. [74292/26]
426. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the number of full-time equivalent staff within the climate action unit or division of his Department from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by year, in tabular form. [73975/26]
427. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when his Department last reviewed its policies, operations and handling of protected disclosures under all relevant protected disclosures legislation. [74432/26]
428. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Woodford and Monksfield estates in Clondalkin are within the area to be protected by the River Camac flood alleviation scheme; and the expected dates for completion of the design stage, planning approval and construction of the scheme. [74048/26]
429. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Office of Public Works flood maps show the Woodford and Monksfield estates, Clondalkin as at risk of flooding from the River Camac; the date those maps were last updated; and whether they take account of any flood defence works carried out nearby. [74047/26]
430. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the proportion of his Department's digital data storage held on State-owned infrastructure, on private infrastructure within the State, and on infrastructure outside the State, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and the annual expenditure on data storage over that pe…
431. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total volume of digital data storage, in terabytes or petabytes, held or contracted by his Department and public bodies under its aegis, in each of the last 20 years. [74045/26]
220. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis…
221. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the development of the new Passport Office in Cork; and the anticipated timeline for its completion. [71605/26]
222. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if contracts will be structured to place the risk of cost overruns on contractors rather than taxpayers where appropriate. [71639/26]
223. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current status of discussions regarding public sector pay negotiations; the measures being taken by Government to secure agreement with the relevant unions and avert further industrial action; and the contingency arrangements being considered to minimise disruption to public services, i…
224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if guidance exists for his Department, and public bodies under the aegis of his Department, on responding to parliamentary questions where the information sought is held on individual case files rather than in a centrally collated format; and whether the existence of information on individual …
225. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation with regard to the OPW/SDCC Whitechurch flood alleviation scheme, if he is satisfied that there are now in place sufficient mitigation and alleviation measures to ensure that flooding will not re-occur (details supplied) given that flood insurance is a serious difficulty for householders. [71726…
226. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation with regard to the OPW/SDCC Whitechurch flood alleviation scheme, when the promised post-flood investigation report will be published; and the stage the project is at. [71724/26]
227. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current status of the Glashaboy (Glanmire/Sallybrook) flood relief scheme in Cork, which Cork City Council indicated in August 2024 would be completed by summer 2026; the reason for the delay; the revised completion date; the expenditure on the scheme to date and the projected final c…
228. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the specific savings and efficiency measures each Department will implement in 2027 to meet the expenditure levy totalling €446 million set out in the Budget 2027 Expenditure Report, in tabular form, by Department; and the reason the Department of Education and Youth is not subject to the…