Departmental Expenditure

232. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Departments expenditure on IT consultancy; the breakdown of the IT consultants engaged by his Department; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work; and the costs associated with their services in each of the years 2015 to date in 2026. [21482/26]

376. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21822/26]

405. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21828/26]

433. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21821/26]

509. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the full breakdown of expenditure by her Department on St. Patrick’s day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21820/26]

760. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21815/26]

777. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed directly by an organisation (details supplied) with funding provided by his Department; the salary bracket of said staff in each of the years from 2022 to 2025; the amount of travel expenses claimed in each year from 2022 to 2025; the total funding available each year from his Depar…

778. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of third party contractors engaged directly by an organisation (details supplied) with funding provided by his Department each year since 2022; the functions provided by each contractor; the contract value of each awarded contract and duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22174/26…

820. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the full breakdown of expenditure by her Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21816/26]

1046. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/26]

1062. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day-related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials who travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21829/26]

534. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if any consideration has been given by him for the publicly funded Institute of public administration plans to acquire new multi million euro offices to be paused in light of the continued housing crises or decentralised in light of the Dublin congestion crises; and if …

936. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the mechanisms that will be in place to ensure that where production is outsourced to the commercial sector, there is full transparency and accountability regarding the expenditure of public funds, including safeguards to ensure that such arrangements do not result in reduced public oversight or diminished value…

982. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding a project (details supplied); the progress made to date; the expected timelines for completion; and the estimated cost range for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20696/26]

1239. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure by his Department in settlement payments, compensation, damages or negotiated payments arising from the repudiation, cancellation or termination of international protection accommodation contracts, including payments already made, payments legally committed to, and any financial provisions rec…

1240. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure by his Department, for 2025, and to date in 2026, in settlement payments, compensation, damages or negotiated payments arising from the repudiation, cancellation or termination of international protection accommodation contracts, including payments already made, payments legally committed to, …

1280. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the cost of each murder case to the State for the past ten years. [18920/26]

1281. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the cost of each murder case to the State for the past ten years, excluding the DPP's costs. [18924/26]

514. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which she satisfies herself that public funds are being spent in a manner that meets basic standards of governance, safeguarding, and accountability (details supplied); and whether she accepts that reliance on financial audit alone does not constitute effective oversight. [9969/26]

42. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the total amount spent on the development, production, and publication of strategy documents, policy papers, public consultation processes, and related communications by her Department in each of the years 2022 to 2025 inclusive; whether this expenditure was subject to value for money assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

104. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Taoiseach if there is a Shared Island committee that approves Shared Island funding; the members of the committee; and if all parties are represented on the committee. [12187/26]

390. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16567/26]

447. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by fundi…

448. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the web link to her Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16566/26]

449. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm, in respect of her Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded and validated prior to conver…