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Alan Kelly Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
387. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a range of utilities were paid for by a former Garda Commissioner (details supplied) in respect of a property at Spa Road, Phoenix Park, which was provided to him for a seven-year contract period by the OPW, through An Garda Síochána, or if the cost of any such utilities were paid for by the O…
Sean Fleming Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
388. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide detailed information in relation to works carried out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73316/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
389. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new initiatives taken to ensure value for money in public expenditure; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73556/25]
Pa Daly Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
390. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures to address coastal erosion in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73651/25]
James Geoghegan Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
391. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the OPW’s attendance at the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee wherein a witness (details supplied) referred to ‘Circular 01/2025’, if a copy of that circular can be provided; the data now being captured as a result of this circular by the OPW that were not previously being capt…
Cormac Devlin Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
392. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline Ireland’s progress under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan as part of the European Union’s NextGenerationEU Recovery Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73753/25]
James Geoghegan Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
393. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 of December 2025, when the first meeting of the ‘project steering group’ took place; the number of meetings of this steering group since its inception; the provenance of the cost range estimate referred as to how it was arrived at, and what fac…
James Geoghegan Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
394. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 of December 2025, the form the non-statutory public consultation may take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73774/25]
Pa Daly Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
395. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of the number of derelict building broken down by location; the length of time which they have been vacant; the reason they are vacant; and the cost to maintain them while vacant, in tabular form. [73780/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
184. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation how he intends to ensure that the revised National Development Plan and Budget 2026 implementation delivers visible improvements in core public services such as housing, health, transport and education in the Midlands region, particularly Longford and Westmeath. [72625/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
185. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown, by county, of additional capital funding arising from Budget 2026, with specific figures for Longford and Westmeath, and the projected impact on regional employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72626/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
186. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the names of companies that are currently on the Office of Government Procurement framework for the provision of cleaning staff to Civil Services; when each contract with each company is due to expire, in tabular form. [72771/25]
Pa Daly Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
187. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the four legacy actions due, as outlined in the quarter 1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the state of the progress to date; and a timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement o…
Pa Daly Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
188. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the NDP review and the €500 million allocated to the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment under the ICN fund; what this allocation will fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72993/25]
Alan Kelly Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
189. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the circumstances in which each Government Department, State agency or semi-State agency can allow employees to stay on in employment beyond retirement age. [73127/25]
Michael Cahill Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
379. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to consider reintroducing the economic development programme for rural towns (in place from 2003 to 2011) as part of the new our rural future strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72349/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
380. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Kilrush Garda Station, where the value of works was in excess of €40,000 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71402/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
381. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Shannon Garda Station, where the value of works was in excess of €40,000 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71403/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
382. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Ennis Garda Station, where the value of works was in excess of €40,000 in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71404/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
383. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount the OPW spent on installing high speed EV charging points at heritages sites under their remit in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the budget allocated in 2026 for same. [71413/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
384. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the date on which the OPW last conducted an audit in respect of art works and art pieces on its asset register; the number and value of items that cannot be located as of this date in 2025; the length of time for which they remain unaccounted for and/or unrecoverable; and the total value of t…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
385. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the provisions in place for a person who has more than 40 years' service; the reason a pension contribution is deducted when a person has reached the maximum service; the beneficiary of these monies if the pension is capped at 40 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71821…
Eoghan Kenny Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
386. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount his Department has spent on translation services from a company (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72073/25]
Alan Kelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
387. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of Assistant Principal Officer applicants that are fluent in Irish currently on a panel arising from the most recent civil service recruitment campaign. [72170/25]
Alan Kelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
388. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will detail each allocation made to Tipperary County Council under the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [72171/25]