Questions

416. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the standards, technical guidance documents and certification frameworks relied upon by the Office of Public Works in assessing custodial window systems for Garda detention environments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36631/26]

417. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether standards primarily designed for curtain walling, façade impact assessment or general construction products, including EN 14019 or related harmonised standards, are relied upon in the assessment or acceptance of custodial cell window assemblies within Garda station projects; and if he wi…

418. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Office of Public Works maintains a formal equivalence-assessment framework governing substitution or alternative proposals for custodial window assemblies in Garda detention environments; and if he will provide details of the evidential requirements applied. [36633/26]

419. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of Garda station projects since 2010 involving installation, replacement or refurbishment of custodial cell window systems under Office of Public Works management; the total associated capital expenditure; and whether remedial or corrective works have subsequently been required in any…

420. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any internal review, engineering assessment, protected disclosure process or external examination is ongoing concerning custodial window assemblies installed in Garda station projects delivered by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36635/26]

421. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether An Garda Síochána maintains operational, technical or safety standards governing detention-cell window systems used within Garda custody environments; and if so, to provide details of the standards and assessment procedures applied. [36636/26]

422. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether An Garda Síochána has raised any operational, safety, ligature-risk, containment or fire-performance concerns regarding custodial window assemblies installed within Garda detention facilities since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36637/26]

423. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Office of Public Works maintains a central register of custodial security systems and associated certification documentation used within Garda detention-cell environments nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36638/26]

424. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Office of Public Works has carried out any review of the long-term maintenance, replacement or remedial liability exposure associated with custodial window systems installed in Garda station projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36639/26]

425. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any Garda station projects currently under construction or active delivery contain custodial window assemblies subject to ongoing technical review, dispute, assessment or protected disclosure processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36640/26]

426. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of the expected spending cuts for each Government Department as a result of recent overspends in the Department of Education and Youth, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36722/26]

427. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount the Department of Education and Youth estimated as its required budget for 2026; if it was more than was allocated by his Department in Budget 2026; if so, the amount by which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36723/26]

428. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of persons that are currently on a panel from the most recent civil service principal officer with fluency in Irish recruitment campaign. [36893/26]

429. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a further update on the progress being made in relation to the proposed relocation of the Turoe Stone; the current status of the project; the expected timeline for the commencement and completion of the works; when a substantive response will issue from the Office of Public Works, given tha…

430. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has any usage policy on or if it sanctions for official purposes the use of messaging apps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37207/26]

431. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to engage as a matter of urgency with coastal erosion experts to investigate the severe erosion to the spit at Rossbeigh Beach, County Kerry; to outline how best to slow down the pace of erosion there; how best to reinstate the dunes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37244/26]

432. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he met formally with a person (details supplied) during his recent visit to San Francisco. [37277/26]

433. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason no response was provided to concerns raised by the Comptroller and Auditor General that a significant proportion of Brexit-related works at Dublin Port were priced outside the contract schedule of rates; whether a review of this matter has been undertaken or is planned; and whether …

434. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will commit to publishing in full the strategic review being conducted by the Office of Public Works into the consolidation of State agency facilities at Dublin Port, in the interests of transparency and value-for-money oversight. [37390/26]

435. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to detail the extent of infrastructure at Dublin Port developed for Brexit purposes that is currently vacant, underutilised or has been decommissioned, including terminal 7 and any plans relating to terminal 9. [37391/26]

436. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total cost of Brexit-related infrastructure works delivered at Dublin Port; the proportion delivered under schedule-of-rates pricing versus market-tendered works; and the estimated value of assets currently not in active use. [37392/26]

437. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether it remains Government policy that the approximately 14 hectares of land acquired for Brexit-related infrastructure at Dublin Port will be released for alternative use once no longer required; and if not, the revised policy position that is under consideration. [37393/26]

438. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 [37458/26]

439. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on efforts to increase parking provision for elderly and disabled people along Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37583/26]

440. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to commitments contained within the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2024 of the Houses of the Oireachtas that a review of toilets to ensure sufficient provision of gender-neutral toilets would take place; to provide details of any costs incurred to date by the Office of Public…