Questions

214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department holds, for each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, a schedule of programme support cost rates, indirect cost recovery rates, or equivalent charges applied by multilateral partners to Ireland-funded expenditure, including where Ireland provides earmarked contributions, and if so, to provide that schedule and the total estima…

616. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that operating a service at 75% of funded ceiling constitutes a failure of workforce planning at departmental level; and the specific corrective actions that have been mandated by her Department in response. [16032/26]

656. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total capital allocation approved to date for the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction at Mount Lucas; the amount drawn down to date; whether a formal Stage 1 and Stage 2 approval under the Capital Works Management Framework was completed prior to commencement of enabling groundw…

732. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether capital or reform funding allocated to justice-sector digital modernisation projects includes performance, reporting or data standardisation conditions; and, if so, to provide details of those conditions [14600/26]

733. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken any governance, reform, or value-for-money review of data interoperability and reporting standards across justice-sector bodies, including the Courts Service, An Garda Síochána and the Central Statistics Office, for the purpose of structured reporting on economically significant offences such as in…

582. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide, the full list of all non-statutory bodies in receipt of direct funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the annual amount allocated to each body; the policy unit responsible for oversight of each body; whether a formal governance framework is applied by the Department to each body; and the statutory or administrative basis under whic…

585. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether funding agreements with non-statutory bodies include defined service-quality standards, measurable performance indicators, reporting obligations beyond financial statements, periodic compliance reviews conducted by Department officials and documented evaluation of service delivery outcomes. [13609/26]

586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the frequency with which policy units formally review governance documentation submitted by funded non-statutory bodies, whether site visits or structured compliance engagements are undertaken by Department officials; whether written governance assessment reports are generated by the Department; and the number of instances in the past five years in whic…

587. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the oversight mechanisms operated directly by her Department in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding, separate from annual financial audit, expenditure controls and post-hoc review by the Comptroller and Auditor General; and to identify the policy framework governing such mechanisms. [13611/26]

1119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has any centrally approved governance, compliance, or safeguarding framework applicable to non-statutory bodies that receive direct funding from her Department, excluding bodies funded through or overseen by the HSE; and if not, to state when the absence of such a framework was last examined by her Department and the reason no framework is …

1120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the minimum governance, reporting, and compliance standards are required by her Department to be applied by departmental line units when overseeing non-statutory bodies funded directly by her Department, excluding HSE-funded bodies; whether those standards are set out in written Departmental policy or guidance; and how her Department assures consistency of oversi…

979. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 4 December 2025, whether she will provide the total approved pay allocation for funded posts within CHO4 for the year 2024; the total pay expenditure actually incurred in that year; the resulting variance, if any; the reason this information was not furnished in the response; and if she will make a statement on the matt…

836. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department carried out any governance or financial risk review of subcontracted private residential centres in advance of approving additional funding for Tusla in Budget 2026; and to state the title and completion date of any such review. [71969/25]

838. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department holds any reports, internal briefs or analyses completed since 2023 relating to governance or oversight of private residential centres funded by Tusla; and to outline the purpose of each document. [71971/25]

839. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria her Department uses to determine whether governance controls for subcontracted private residential providers meet the standard required for continued Exchequer funding. [71972/25]

868. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department maintains a central supplier and payee register for all organisations funded through her Department’s budget; and to outline the mandatory data fields recorded for each supplier. [72517/25]

869. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department requires all organisations funded by her Department to record the legal type of each supplier or payee, such as limited company, partnership, sole trader or registered charity, as part of their financial-governance obligations. [72518/25]

849. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance framework applied by her Department to non-statutory bodies that receive direct funding, including the internal controls, verification steps, and oversight mechanisms used prior to releasing public funds. [69066/25]

850. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the due diligence process carried out before funding is approved for non-statutory bodies; the risk assessments completed; and the measures taken to ensure appropriate stewardship of Exchequer funds. [69067/25]

851. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she intends to introduce standardised reporting requirements, annual financial statements, audit obligations or sanctions for non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding from her Department; and any reforms now under consideration. [69068/25]

490. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total monthly value of salary funding associated with unfilled HSE posts in 2024 in each hospital group and community health organisation. [68806/25]

491. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of funded WTE posts that remained unfilled for more than three consecutive months in 2024 in each hospital group and community health organisation. [68807/25]

492. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if any portion of the salary allocations associated with unfilled HSE posts in 2024 was internally re-assigned to non-pay budgets within the HSE; and to provide a breakdown of any such reallocations by hospital group and community health organisation. [68808/25]

494. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the year-end reconciliation for the HSE 2024 pay allocation showing each hospital group and community health organisation's pay budget allocation, pay expenditure, and any difference between the two. [68810/25]

496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail any HSE internal finance guidance in place during 2024 governing the treatment of unspent pay allocation arising from unfilled posts; and to provide copies of such guidance. [68812/25]