Questions

494. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on his plans for the reform of the FOI system; the progress that has been made on implementing the recommendations from the last FOI review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34890/26]

274. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the date each FOI request was received by the Department in 2025; the date each request was concluded; and the manner by which it was concluded (granted, part-granted, withdrawn, and resolved outside of FOI), in tabular form [13486/26]

382. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 5 November 2025, if he will clarify the specific information concerning charities that are subject to an FOI request; and if he will clarify if a charity or institution is in receipt of tax payers money, including a theatre (details supplied), should th…

95. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if there are plans to include the Abbey Theatre under FOI. [60247/25]

142. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 232 of 23 September 2025 and 365 of 30 September 2025 (details supplied), the details of the residents at the properties; and the amount of rent paid to the State by those residents in each of the years 2010 to 2025, in tabular form. [53336/25]

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 with a higher €100,0…

328. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation where in the Freedom of Information Act 2014 it authorises the Information Commissioner to develop and deliver training modules for and to public bodies, considering section 8(11) of the Act stipulates this is the responsibility of each respective Minister. [32525/25]

329. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner justifies wasting his experienced staff's time and effort to develop and deliver training modules for public bodies when he only closed 51% of cases in 2023 within the four months stipulated at section 22(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [3…

330. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner maintains his independence under section 43(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 when both training and reviewing the self-same public bodies. [32527/25]

331. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of staff who left the Office of the Information Commissioner during 2023; the number of exit interviews conducted; the three main reasons for leaving the office; and the number of exiting staff who expressed dissatisfaction with the way in which the Office of the Information Commissio…

332. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner rates the experience of his team, considering that paragraph 4 page 27 of his predecessor's briefing document said the office had a relatively inexperienced team overall. [32529/25]

142. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide copies of documents released under freedom of information to this deputy (details supplied). [27793/25]

182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if at any stage since taking up a position as Minister he has deleted any SMS or messages on other messaging apps that would fall under freedom of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26430/25]

96. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans for the reform of the FOI system; the recommendations from the last review that have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15896/25]

69. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 being conducted by his Department. [4631/25]

98. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [5011/25]

172. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he will publish the final review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014; when he will publish legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5126/25]

323. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are any plans that housing organisations which are listed on the approved housing bodies register be prescribed as bodies which are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2676/25]