Parliamentary questions

278. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current status of the proposed civil service reasonable accommodation policy due to be introduced in 2026; which disabled persons' representative organisations and disabled persons' organisations were consulted during its development; whether an organisation (details s…

279. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the purchase order systems used across Departments, agencies and other public bodies (details supplied); if so, the number of public bodies known to operate a single purchase order system, multiple purchase order system…

280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker earning under €100 thousand receives a pay increase of 10% in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51313/26]

281. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department will look favourably on an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied); to provide an update on the status of the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51386/26]

282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether, pending completion of the statutory review of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (as amended), his Department has assessed whether reporting persons whose disclosures are currently being processed may be affected by administrative practices or interpretations that ar…

283. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the timelines and funding for the delivery of the proposed new Garda station in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50996/26]

284. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the new Garda station in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; whether agreement has been reached with An Garda Síochána on the space allocation required to allow the submission of the Part IX planning application to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

285. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the web link to his Department’s Q2 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, the plann…

286. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation having regard to the definition of “machine-readable format” in S.I. No. 376/2021 and to Government Open Data Policy, to state the file formats which his Department recognises as machine-readable for the publication of tabular public-sector datasets. [51574/26]

287. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE operations and event executive personnel employed by OPW as of 26 June 2026, in tabular form. [51710/26]

288. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Ennis Friary in 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [51711/26]

289. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51772/26]

290. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51790/26]

291. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51808/26]

292. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the list of cases in which he has rejected increases proposed by line departments for chief executives in commercial State companies/agencies, under proposals agreed by Government in April 2025 following the senior posts remuneration committee report, in tabular form;…

293. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the rules regarding the single pension scheme; the reason researchers in technological universities are prevented from accessing the scheme; whether their equivalents in universities can access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51819/26]

294. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Government have yet to designate any project as critical as per the terms of the Critical Infrastructure Act 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51822/26]

295. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Government will designate phase 1 of the University Hospital Galway redevelopment as critical as per the terms of the Critical Infrastructure Act 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51823/26]

296. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí, Bonneagair, Athchóiriúcháin Seirbhíse Poiblí agus Digitiúcháin cén méid a caitheadh ar chúrsaí Gaeilge do státseirbhísigh chuile bhliain le cúig bliana anuas, cén líon daoine a rinne na cúrsaí chuile bhliain agus cén t-eagras lena ndearnadh na cúrsaí. [51825/26]

297. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50800/26]

298. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total number of IDA sites, by county; the number of sites that are vacant; and the average vacancy rate of sites in the last five years, in tabular form. [50866/26]

299. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the work his Department has carried out to investigate the reason many rural pubs are closing their doors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50867/26]

300. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the extent to which recent developments in Ireland’s external trade performance, including the decline in exports in April 2026, reflect underlying concentration risks in key sectors and markets; the implications this may have for the resilience of Ireland's export base; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

301. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to intervene with an organisation (details supplied) with a view to the company accepting and implementing the recommendations that the company recognise a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51041/26]

302. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware of the high levels of absenteeism being faced by employers when it comes to employees submitting online medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51101/26]