Office of Public Works
An official questions-paper heading. 363 questions (4 oral, 359 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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| Jan 2025 | 10 |
| Feb 2025 | 27 |
| Mar 2025 | 11 |
| Apr 2025 | 15 |
| May 2025 | 21 |
| Jun 2025 | 22 |
| Jul 2025 | 25 |
| Sep 2025 | 20 |
| Oct 2025 | 13 |
| Nov 2025 | 30 |
| Dec 2025 | 18 |
| Jan 2026 | 21 |
| Feb 2026 | 25 |
| Mar 2026 | 16 |
| Apr 2026 | 23 |
| May 2026 | 20 |
| Jun 2026 | 20 |
| Jul 2026 | 26 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Public Expenditure | 356 |
| Housing | 3 |
| Justice | 2 |
| Tourism | 1 |
| Transport | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | Office of Public Works |
| 2025-07-17 | Office of Public Works |
| 2025-05-29 | Office of Public Works |
| 2025-04-03 | Office of Public Works |
The questions
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-03-04 · to Tourism
425. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has engaged with Fáilte Ireland in respect of a building in Dublin city centre (details supplied); the amount expended by Failte Ireland on maintaining the integrity of the building on an annual basis since it closed to-date in 2025; if the OPW has been consulted in respect of the building si…
Cathal Crowe
written
2025-02-27 · to Public Expenditure
219. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide funding for essential repair works at Bunratty Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8802/25]
James O'Connor
written
2025-02-26 · to Public Expenditure
114. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8519/25]
Seán Fleming
written
2025-02-25 · to Public Expenditure
347. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7656/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-02-25 · to Public Expenditure
349. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 13 February 2025, the estimated market value of the 67 vacant properties owned by the OPW. [7805/25]
Claire Kerrane
written
2025-02-25 · to Public Expenditure
351. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the OPWs plans for buildings in its ownership (details supplied); if he will ensure that these buildings are brought back into use given money already spent by the OPW on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7922/25]
Willie O'Dea
written
2025-02-25 · to Public Expenditure
353. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW have been tasked with identifying a site for a Garda station in the Castletroy and Annacotty area of Limerick; if so, when the process commenced; the length of time the process is likely to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8004/25]
Cathal Crowe
written
2025-02-25 · to Public Expenditure
354. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works has any centralised or devolved work schemes that could potentially install rock armour and other forms of coastal erosion defence to protect a row of private dwellings in County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [812…
Joe Cooney
written
2025-02-18 · to Public Expenditure
278. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works each month in 2023 and 2024; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5683/25]
Joe Cooney
written
2025-02-18 · to Public Expenditure
279. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of the investment that has been made in the development and management of the OPW sites at Scattery Island and the Ennis Friary, County Clare in 2024; the investment planned for the sites in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5684/25]
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-02-18 · to Public Expenditure
281. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a matter (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5830/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-02-18 · to Public Expenditure
286. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount collected in admission fees in each heritage site under the remit of the OPW in 2024, in tabular form. [6288/25]
Paul Murphy
written
2025-02-13 · to Public Expenditure
74. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is concerned that outsourcing relationships with particular private contractors are contributing to exorbitant costs for OPW contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5168/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-02-13 · to Public Expenditure
87. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total budget allocated to the OPW in each of the past ten years. [4630/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-02-13 · to Public Expenditure
89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total number of vacant properties owned by the OPW; the total number of properties which the OPW currently rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/25]
Cathal Crowe
written
2025-02-13 · to Public Expenditure
96. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works has made a decision with regard to the proposed installation of CCTV cameras at Clare Abbey, County Clare. [4855/25]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-02-13 · to Public Expenditure
97. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on recent matters related to the OPW and value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5062/25]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2025-02-13 · to Public Expenditure
104. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the public sector climate action mandate applies to the OPW; if so, the measures that have been taken by the OPW to comply with this mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4826/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-02-13 · to Public Expenditure
114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the annual salaries of the top ten highest paid individuals employed by the OPW. [4628/25]
Ged Nash
written
2025-02-13 · to Public Expenditure
173. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details on the way he plans to ensure that the OPW and its structures deliver best value for money outcomes on all projects; if he has timeline for the completion of any proposed reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5123/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-02-12 · to Public Expenditure
131. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the labour costs to date of building the wall on the Hill of Tara. [4932/25]
Pat Buckley
written
2025-02-12 · to Public Expenditure
132. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide free sanitary products in all public buildings under the remit of the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4947/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-02-11 · to Public Expenditure
225. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of WTE plumbers and carpenters employed by the OPW in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [4667/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-02-06 · to Public Expenditure
70. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an urgent update on the work undertaken by the Office of Public Works to identify a permanent driving test centre site in Drogheda; what communication has taken place between the Office of Public Works and the Road Safety Authority in the past 12 months; if he will outline th…
Brian Stanley
written
2025-02-05 · to Public Expenditure
332. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to respond to the request by an organisation (details supplied) to have the remains of the five executed Invincibles exhumed form the yard in Kilmainham Gaol; if his Department and the OPW will facilitate this in order that they can be reinterred in Glasnevin Cemetery; and if he will …