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back from Committee) (to conclude within 60 minutes and any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Motion for a Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2025 [Vote 29] (back from Committee) (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Motions for Supplementary Estimates for Public Services … share time; and (c) any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately; 7. the proceedings on the Motion for a Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2025 [Vote 29] shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately; 8. the following arrangements shall

Digitalisation, for certain services administered by the Office of the Minister and for payment of certain grants. Vote 13 — Office of Public Works (Supplementary Estimate). That a supplementary sum not exceeding €34,553,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during … year ending on the 31st day of December, 2025, for the salaries and expenses of the State Laboratory. Vote 17 — Public Appointments Service (Supplementary Estimate). That a supplementary sum not exceeding €1,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during

laid out at Vote level in the budget day expenditure report published in October, with further detail provided in the Revised Estimates for Public Services published in December. Following the allocation of each ministerial expenditure ceiling, it is a matter for each Minister to assign funding as appropriate

Select Committee on Transport has completed its consideration on the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2025: Vote 31 - Transport

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2025: Vote 32 - Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

Select Committee on Disability Matters has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2025: Vote 40 - Children, Disability and Equality

move: That Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2026, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members, pursuant to Standing Orders

gross Exchequer estimated pay bill for Ireland's public service is €30.4 billion for 2026. In terms of staffing, forecast numbers in 2026 are just under 439,400 full-time equivalent public servants. This is the highest ever level of employment in the public service. Overall … Single Public Service Pension Scheme introduced in 2013. The gross Exchequer pension bill in 2026 is estimated to be €4.9 billion, which will support a projected 200,700 public service pensioners. The latest value of the State’s accrued-to-date liability in respect of public service retirement

context. I have some macro data here. We know that the total size of the public service of Northern Ireland, inclusive of civil service, health, education, police and local government employees, is estimated to indicate approximately 227,500 in October 2025. The annual pay bill is estimated … have been told that this increases to approximately £18 billion when the wider public services are included. Total public expenditure for the Northern Ireland Executive is estimated at €32 billion in 2025. I have set out some high-level data from the team who assessed the Deputy

million is not huge. The fact is that all of the other Estimates go before a committee. This Estimate now falls under the Minister for public expenditure. It used to be the Minister for Finance. Yet, none of the Ministers have any responsibility for the Estimate. When … responsibility to Dáil Éireann for this matter under Standing Order 44. One of them was to ask both the Ministers for Finance and public expenditure the funding allocated to Vote 15, which in the past was Vote 22. Since 2011 the money is returned to the Exchequer each

know for example that this year's budget saw total spending up by 12% on the 2025 Estimates. In budget 2026, we saw the largest allocation of public money ever, beating last year's record. That is required to meet the social and economic demands of a growing … exercise its rights and constitutional functions when it comes to accountability for our public spending. This is precisely why I will shortly be publishing legislation to establish an office of an Estimates commissioner, which will greatly enhance the capacity and function of the Dáil to keep the Government

maintenance of industrial peace in the public service. The second principal function of the Bill is to provide a legal basis for expenditure to continue into next year in the period before the Dáil votes on the 2026 Estimates. As set out in the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions … continue in the period between the beginning of January 2026 and when the Dáil approves the 2026 Estimates. This will ensure the continued funding for the delivery of front-line public services, including our health and education services, social protection payments, funding for An Garda Síochána and much

Film Board. The limit will be increased from €500 million to €840 million. As is the case with some statutory bodies that receive public funding, a limit was set by statute on such outlays in the Irish Film Board Act 1980. This limit must be reviewed … limit on advances is an enabling provision. Funding of Screen Ireland is, of course, subject to the normal Estimates procedures as set out by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation. The proposed legislation will not, therefore, mean any additional cost to the Exchequer

assessment estimates funding of €3.1 million per year will be required. My understanding is that the EU notification process can take up to six months. Has that process begun or can it not commence until the legislation is passed? I am conscious that the upcoming public health (tobacco

public accounts committee involving hundreds of thousands of euro, whereas this Vote amounts to €2 million every year. There is no outrun, which used to be the case in the past, there is no return of funding and there is no demand for a Revised Estimate

Wednesday) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Blister Packs, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025 (Second Stage) (to adjourn after 90 minutes) - Statements on Fisheries (not to exceed 3 hours and 32 minutes) - Appropriation … Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) (No. 2) Regulations 2025* - Motion re Presentation and Circulation of Revised Estimates 2026 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately) *Back from Committee; to be debated together and brought to a conclusion within

Appropriation Bill is a technical piece of legislation that authorises in law all the expenditure that has been agreed by way of Estimates during the year. The House will be aware the passage of the Bill is required to ensure it is possible to make payments … funded from voted money, payment of suppliers for goods and services, including SMEs. Of fundamental importance to those who depend on our essential public services is the passage of the Appropriation Bill which will allow for the payments required to deliver these public services to continue

concrete blocks. That is reflected in the increased allocation in recent years. Over 2025 funding increased by over 50% and following the Revised Estimates process, the budget for homes damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks increased by a further €60 million, bringing the revised allocation … counsel and with experts from the legal and engineering professions appointed by the Minister under a clear and transparent process managed by the Public Appointments Service. The appeals system is an independent statutory function under the 2022 legislation and it has now begun to issue the terminations

feature of the energy affordability action plan. The task force will soon commence a consultation to ensure the action plan is informed by public input, as well as further stakeholder engagement. The plan itself will be published next year. The work of the task force reflects a firm … income on their energy needs, excluding energy for transport, are counted in the current measurement of energy poverty. Using this metric, it is estimated that, in 2022, the share of households that could risk energy poverty had risen to 29.4%. However, this measure does not account

contribution – that it is deeply unjust to have a deadline of 29 March. I can guess what the rationale for it was: the publication of the SCSI report. We should remember that the first scheme was discredited and replaced by a second, which I believe was also discredited … deeply unjust, to have the deadline. What does it mean? I agree with my colleague Deputy Ward on this. He estimates that dozens of families are affected. It is not huge money in the overall scheme of things but it is devastating for those families to be punished

unprecedented suite of improvements and still represents the largest State intervention to address defective buildings anywhere in the world, with the scheme estimated to cost approximately €2.2 billion excluding inflation. Changes introduced by the original legislation included a Government guarantee of remediation works, other than full demolition … able to apply for a technical review of the determined remediation option and grant amount in line with the new standard on its publication. Under the 2022 Act, relevant owners who have reached the maximum scheme grant cap cannot apply for ancillary grants. The amendment contained

national children's hospital. There have been 16 missed completion deadlines and it is running to around three times the initial estimated cost. While the Government today looks at the capital carryover, the country remains awash with underfunded infrastructure projects in desperate need of Government support. Nowhere … January, the Government will increase the cost of petrol and diesel through a hiked carbon tax. The Minister cannot tax people into using public transport options that are not reliable and are simply not there; they do not exist. He cannot credibly continue to mislead farmers promising billions

oral and a written question. I am glad it got tabled because it is an important issue in relation to the expenditure of public money and the impact of that on the delivery of housing. A well-functioning housing market, we can all agree, is crucial to supporting … development of apartments because these developments are costly, capital intensive and higher risk. Investment in the private rental sector in Dublin is estimated to have fallen from €2 billion in 2019 to €166 million in 2024. The measures introduced in budget 2026, in tandem with more structural measures

leis. I understand there is a constitutional requirement for this Bill as it legislates for the financial resolutions, which include all of the Estimates agreed by the Dáil this year. The sums granted from the Central Fund under the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965 will go towards … impact there. Oranmore train station is always packed out with cars. We then have additional stops that are crucially needed to ensure better public transport in Galway city. I refer to the likes of having an additional stop at Roscam to serve the people in the east side

with an estimated first-sale value of €205 million. This represents a decrease of one third - €100 million to €105 million - on the estimated value of the 2025 quota. These figures reflect quota outcomes for Ireland across the main pelagic, demersal and nephrops stocks … additional resources will be required to carry this out. I have already had conversations, on a number of occasions, with the Minister for public expenditure, Deputy Chambers. The Minister, Deputy Heydon, and I have had his support in this regard. We intend to move quickly

Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total estimated amount of public money that will be handed over to property developers for apartments that would have been built anyway from Budget Day to 2030 accounting for measures related to VAT, restricting additionality to only

Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total estimated amount of public money that will be handed over to property developers for apartments that would have been built anyway from budget day to 2030 accounting for measures related to VAT and enhanced deductions, restricting

Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total Supplementary Estimates in 2025 to date. [69853/25

Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to provide the Department’s estimate of the current national shortfall in buses required to meet contractual and public-service obligations, including Local Link expansion and rural-service demand. [69687/25

Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the Department’s estimate of the current national shortfall in buses required to meet contractual and public-service obligations for school transport. [69688/25

Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 of December 2025, when the first meeting of the ‘project steering group’ took place; the number of meetings of this steering group since its inception; the provenance of the cost range estimate referred