55. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on works at an OPW site (details supplied); if it is envisaged that the site will be reopened to the public in time for the 2025 tourist season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9889/25]
Topics / Office of Public Works
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsOffice of Public Works
390 questions from 86 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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385 written, 5 oral
86
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| January 2025 | 10 |
| February 2025 | 27 |
| March 2025 | 11 |
| April 2025 | 15 |
| May 2025 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 22 |
| July 2025 | 25 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 20 |
| October 2025 | 13 |
| November 2025 | 30 |
| December 2025 | 18 |
| January 2026 | 21 |
| February 2026 | 25 |
| March 2026 | 16 |
| April 2026 | 23 |
| May 2026 | 20 |
| June 2026 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 26 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 15 |
| October 2026 | 12 |
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The questions
57. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reasons for the long stoppage in works on the Round Tower, at Kells Monastic Site, Kells, County Meath; the current cost of the project; the costs incurred during the stoppage of works; the projected final timeline and cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10003/25]
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 since it closed to-dat…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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. [8122/25]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]