Departmental Staff

712. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his Department. [32300/26]

1257. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his Department. [32309/26]

211. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether full-time employees of statutory regulators such as the Commission for Regulation of Utilities are considered to be civil servants either as a matter of law or for the purposes of national wage agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32174/26]

19. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31355/26]

20. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31373/26]

21. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31391/26]

33. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31357/26]

34. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31375/26]

35. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31393/26]

67. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31388/26]

141. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE qualified legal advisors working within his Department. [31035/26]

217. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will review the current arrangements governing the appointment by the Department of clerical officers, executive officers and higher executive officers to positions in Irish embassies and missions abroad; the reason such opportunities appear to be confined to staff of the Department; whether consideration has been…

234. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next first secretary (assistant principal officer) competition will open to applicants. [30078/26]

235. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of clerical officers posted to Embassies abroad. [30081/26]

236. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of executive officers posted to Embassies abroad. [30082/26]

237. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of higher executive officers posted to Embassies abroad. [30083/26]

238. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all allowances and the amounts paid to clerical, executive and higher executive officer grades posted to Embassies abroad. [30084/26]

342. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the Unit for Forward Planning; if the staffing of the unit includes redeployment of staff or recruitment of new staff; when the unit will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29225/26]

117. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if there is any discrepancy in these policies based on seniority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28914/26]

119. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if any review is ongoing in relation to his Department’s policy on flexible working and remote working for civil servants in his Department, particularly in the context of increased fuel prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28951/26]

386. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff, by job title working within the railway accident investigation unit of his Department; the WTE vacancies, by job title within this unit; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [28019/26]

656. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1463 of 18 March 2026, if the 70 additional permanent staff mentioned have been taken on and remain to date nationwide. [24248/26]

928. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or digital skills in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25034/26]

939. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25443/26]

1714. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or digital skills in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25038/26]