Parliamentary questions

273. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress in emission reduction targets in areas that are the responsibility of his Department; which measures are particularly successful and which measures are underperforming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67054/25]

274. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans for a piece of land (details supplied). [67102/25]

275. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Office of Public Works will engage with the National Transport Authority about constructing an off-road cycleway in conjunction with the Sandymount flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67229/25]

152. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation following the recommendations in the CFERM report for Castlemaine Harbour which recommend various flood protection works, including those projects related to the Cromane area, to prioritise funding for these works as a matter of urgency in order that homes and properties i…

153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of instances in the past five years in which a Minister, Minister of State or senior official was required to recuse themselves from policy development or decision-making due to a declared conflict of interest involving a family member with financial interests in p…

154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if her Department has issued any guidance, circulars or instructions to Government Departments since January 2020 on the management of conflicts of interest in emerging medical or technological policy areas, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and other gender-affi…

289. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the €10 million allocated towards the relaxation of the carer’s means test comes under €1,152 million for key policy adjustments, or from the €390 million 'increase in pension and illness, disability, carers scheme recipients; and if he will make a statement on th…

290. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether funding for new recipients of the carer’s allowance, who would not have qualified under the current income disregards but will qualify on foot of the Budget 2026 measure, is allocated from the €390 million' increase in pension and illness, disability, carers schem…

291. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the breakdown of the estimated 30,000 additional recipients across the pension, illness, disability and carers schemes respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65199/25]

292. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [65243/25]

293. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the works being carried out at the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; and the timeline for completion and opening as a visitor site. [65307/25]

294. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a company (details supplied) had a contract with the Office of Government Procurement to provide security and or stewarding personnel to public bodies for each year since 2021; if so, when this contract with the company will expire. [65454/25]

295. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason a residential location has been included in OPW community flood maps despite the property never having been flooded; if he is aware of the impact this generates for homeowners insurance premiums; if he will commit to revising the decision to include the location in…

296. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if funding will be sanctioned in order that research staff in all higher education institutions across the sector can access a public service pension scheme, in view of a business case from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science re…

297. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide emergency funding to strengthen the embankment and protect family homes and properties from tidal flooding at Cromane Lower, Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65559/25]

298. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to review correspondence from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65600/25]

299. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if trees growing in the middle of a river at the back of a residential property could be removed by the OPW (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65653/25]

300. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the complete breakdown of costs involved in the works completed by the Office of Public Works on the Garda station situated in An Rinn, Contae Phort Láirge, in each of the past ten years. [65655/25]

301. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on an OPW minor works application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65724/25]

302. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out the policy in relation to the re-appointment of persons holding senior posts in State agencies beyond an initial five-year contract; if such a policy applies only to those at chief executive or head of agency level; if he will outline what other posts, or grades, grou…

303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the costs involved in replacing signage in his Department due to errors on the signs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65764/25]

304. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out a list of unpublished reports carried out by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, either directly in his Department or by other Departments, which have been sent to his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65765…

305. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of persons that have visited the Daniel O'Connell house during the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65959/25]

306. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar grade in his Department that have subsequently served on State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66006/25]

307. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 12 November 2025, if he will clarify the definition of 'exceptional circumstances' which permits the termination of a formal mobility offer after it has been accepted by a civil servant; if a civil servant's previous use of a stat…