Parliamentary questions

389. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the State has conducted supplier due diligence on the major litigation regulatory exposure of a company (details supplied); and the way in which such risks are reflected in the risk register and contingency planning. [48750/25]

390. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in view of the Fiscal Advisory Council’s report that current spending is exceeding targets, if he will publish sector-by-sector projections for 2026 and 2027, to demonstrate the government’s capacity to maintain critical services without undermining fiscal stability. [48863/2…

391. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the gender breakdown of secretary generals and assistant secretaries across all Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48892/25]

392. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update and timeframe for delivery on proposed works (details supplied) following the completion of a consultation period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49152/25]

393. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if due consideration has been given to local wildlife and their habitats during the course of proposed works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49153/25]

394. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will confirm whether any public funds, including infrastructure allocations under the national development plan, have been committed to projects at Murphy’s Rock, Cork, a site subject to an unresolved European Union enforcement order requiring remediation of illegal dum…

395. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will ensure that future allocations of public funds or infrastructure supports will be conditional on compliance with outstanding European Union enforcement orders, including the case of Murphy’s Rock, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49244/25]

396. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a full breakdown, by Department, of current expenditure overruns to date in 2025, including voted expenditure; and how these figures compare with the allocations approved in Budget 2025. [49382/25]

606. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to deliver a resilient national public-safety radio network, including mission-critical TETRA or LTE interoperable with HF or mesh fallbacks; the implementation timeline; the integration with national cell broadcast and alerting systems; and if he will make a stat…

607. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the top ten public contracts in value terms including project name, completed in the past five years; the total final cost of each contract versus the original contract cost; to provide details of variations in the cost from the contract price to the final cost; and if he …

608. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will detail the flood protection works that have been carried out by the Office of Public Works in the lower Meelick area of County Clare (details supplied) in the past 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44576/25]

609. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason a property (details supplied) which has not flooded for at least 30 years has been classified as being in a flood risk area by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44577/25]

610. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the full cost to date associated with a project (details supplied); a breakdown of the costs and suppliers; the overall initial cost; the cost to date in 2025; any additional costs and overspends from original costings; the projected total finished cost; a timeline for open…

611. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on works to a project (details supplied); if he is aware of any report submitted regarding the current levels of dry rot in the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44678/25]

612. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of sanctions imposed and the nature of same by the Regulator of the National Lottery on the licence holder of national lotteries in the past ten years to 1 September 2025. [44727/25]

613. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to examine when a decision will be made regarding a pension for a person (details supplied), which has been under review since 19 November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44789/25]

614. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to review the case of features of a historical site needing repair (details supplied); his Departments plans to repair this wall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44870/25]

615. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has received any reports or notifications of irregularities in claims made under the parliamentary activities allowance during the period January to June 2025, particularly in relation to payments claimed for Deputies who were suspended from their parties or…

616. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the protocols governing the eligibility criteria for inclusion in a party’s parliamentary activities allowance claim; if a public declaration of independent status by a Deputy obliges the party to revise its allowance claim accordingly; and if so, the notification requirement…

617. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if any portion of the €424,696.10 in parliamentary activities allowance paid to a political party between January and June 2025 is currently under review or subject to repayment, in light of reports that a Deputy (details supplied) was not sitting with the party during that p…

618. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a formal review will now be undertaken into the monitoring, audit and compliance structures associated with the parliamentary activities allowance, in order to ensure taxpayer funds are not being misused through continued claims in respect of suspended or departed members.…

619. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 349 and 350 of 24 June 2025, the breakdown of the number of years and months each building has been in this ‘current status’; the breakdown of the year each building’s current status last changed; the average number of years and months a bui…

620. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of the ICN fund that will be ringfenced for protecting and restoring nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45086/25]

621. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide details of the conflict of interest, related party disclosure, and recusal protocols currently in place for special advisers appointed under the Public Service Management Act 1997 and other relevant legislation; the procedures by which advisers are required…

622. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide details of the controls and due diligence processes applied by the Office of Government Procurement and individual contracting authorities to identify and manage potential high-risk related party connections in the award of public contracts, particularly in…