Parliamentary questions

346. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he and his Department have identified a site for a driving test centre in North County Dublin which would cater for the growing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51250/25]

347. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 10 June 2025, regarding OPW properties lost to adverse possession, to provide further clarification (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51297/25]

348. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No.194 of 3 July 2025, if there is an update on this matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51351/25]

349. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51369/25]

350. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has updated public procurement guidelines in the context of public bodies purchasing goods and/or services produced and or developed by Israeli companies. [51425/25]

351. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation given that the Freedom of Information Model Publication Scheme Guidance (2016) issued by his Department under Section 8 of the FOI Act specifies that ‘payments or purchase orders for goods and services’ should be published on a quarterly basis for amounts above €20,000, but …

352. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE window fabricator and fitter who are employed by the OPW in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if he will provide a schedule of the number of apprentice trades taken on by OPW in the past five years to date by trade; and the number of fully qualif…

353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the date he will publish the promised sectoral investment plan related to the recently updated National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48989/25]

354. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he intends to extend the current retirement age for uniformed personnel such as firefighters in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/25]

355. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will support an increase in Budget 2025 to the Irish language and Gaeltacht from 0.17% of State spending to 0.4% over a 5 year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52051/25]

356. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the methodology and calculations used by his Department in assessing a professional added years application, submitted by a public sector employer on behalf of an employee, where such employee is classified as a "new entrant" per Government Circular 8/2005; and if he w…

357. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new process for determining the pay of chief executives in commercial State companies following the review carried out by the Senior Posts Remuneration Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52071/25]

358. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the commercial State companies for which new pay bands for chief executives have been communicated by his Department to line Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52072/25]

359. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has received any correspondence or representations from the boards of any State companies and/or line Departments since 31 March 2025 regarding the pay of their chief executives; if so, to provide details of the companies concerned; and if he will make a statement on the m…

360. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will outline the years in which Office of Public Works has signed a measured term maintenance contract, and the duration of such; the number of tenders received in each instance; the successful tender; the estimated value of works to be carried out in each per the ten…

361. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the works completed under the OPW’s measured term maintenance contract with a value greater than €250,000 in the year 2023; the initial estimate and total cost to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52089/25]

362. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme is permitted to be availed of for the repair a road that leads to a public amenity, such as a popular beach; if not, the reason; whether there is other funding available for such works through the OPW; …

363. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the revised voted capital expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial vote group in 2025 following the publication of the revised NDP, in tabular form; to confirm that approximately €17.1bn will be spent on capital expenditure in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

364. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to confirm the total voted capital expenditure ceiling for 2025 has now increased to €17.1bn; if not, the additional revised estimates which still have to be passed by the Oireachtas; where the increased capital allocation has been provided and for the purposes; and if he will m…

365. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 23 September 2025, the purpose for which the two properties owned by the State (details supplied) were used, in each year from 2010 to 23 September 2025. [52104/25]

366. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the timeline he has in place for the Civil Service Regulation and Public Service Management (Amendment) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52147/25]

237. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has examined the concentration of government contracts being awarded to the same consultancy firms across multiple Departments; and if this concentration poses risks to financial accountability and value for money. [50930/25]

238. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has undertaken an analysis of the risks to public expenditure management posed by the increasing reliance of State agencies on external consultants rather than in-house expertise. [50932/25]

239. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the required consent submission by the Office of Public Works to his Department, and the expected timeline, for progressing the Turoe Stone relocation project to the delivery stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50991/25]

240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new capital ceilings for each Department for 2025 that reflect the new capital envelope of €17.9 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50858/25]