1. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the semi-State companies which have received his ministerial approval to deliver pay increases for their CEOs. [74675/26]
Topics / Semi-State Bodies
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSemi-State Bodies
26 questions from 12 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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277. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if new era advised that commercial semi state chief executive officers receive enhanced remuneration and related benefit packages; and if this uplift extends to commercial semi state leadership teams. [50715/26]
282. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he consulted with or sought advice from new era regarding remuneration and related benefits in respect of commercial semi state chief executive officers; if he will detail nature of same; if this uplift extends to commercial semi state leadership teams; if he will provide a schedule of chi…
683. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current vacancies, by job title at the Corporate Enforcement Authority; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41901/26]
377. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to confirm that Section 10 of the template employment contract for Chief Executives of commercial semi State bodies is applicable only in circumstances involving complaints or legal actions initiated by external parties; to confirm that this clause has always been interpreted in that manner by …
434. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs in IDA-supported companies in each county, from 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14006/26]
180. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the recent resignations of senior executives at a company (details supplied) in October 2025 and any other departures since April 2024; if he will outline the reasons given for each resignation, any associated settlement or severance agreements, and his assessment of their impact on the company’s operational stability and corporate governance;…
181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to publish the most recent internal and external audit reports for a company (details supplied) for the period April 2024 to October 2025; if any findings were made in relation to financial irregularities, governance weaknesses, or unapproved expenditure; the corrective measures which have been taken by his Department in light of the reported 8% fall in operati…
182. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to set out the full process followed for the appointment of a person (details supplied) in November 2024; if an open competition was conducted in accordance with public appointments protocols; whether any board member declared a conflict of interest; the consideration given by his Department to issues raised in the ongoing High Court proceedings taken by former…
183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of all funding allocated to a company (details supplied) since April 2024, including the €38.4 million Connecting Europe Facility grant, €99 million announced in Budget 2025 for offshore renewable energy port expansions, €88.5 million for the Ringaskiddy container terminal, and the €6 million tender for Tivoli terminal renovations; to out…
184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to provide a record of all communications, meetings, and correspondence between his Department (including those held by former Minister Eamon Ryan TD and any Ministers of State) and a company (details details) since April 2024, particularly in relation to financial performance, project governance, offshore renewable infrastructure, and Irish Port Safety Week; i…
185. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to provide a detailed report on a company (details supplied) 2025 cruise operations, including the total number of vessel calls (90 in Cork and 13 in Bantry Bay), total passenger throughput (over 170,000), estimated economic contribution to the Cork region, and any plans to expand cruise infrastructure in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60…
186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if he has sought or received a full list of the current members of the Board of a company (details supplied) together with details of their corporate directorships, shareholdings, or external business interests; if all such interests have been declared in accordance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies; if any potential or actual conflic…
187. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the total expenditure by a company (details supplied) on legal services and related professional advice since November 2023, including payments for legal representation of individual executives or board members, fees associated with protected disclosures, costs relating to non-disclosure agreements, settlements, or independent legal advice to employees or direc…
244. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the guidance issued in each year from 2023 to 2025 to commercial and non-commercial semi-State bodies regarding the 'grossing up' of executive benefits, such as health insurance or vehicle provision; the arrangements in place to monitor compliance with public pay policy; the number of reported b…
106. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 29 July 2025, if any parameters were put in place regarding the type of projects the €3.5 billion will be targeted towards; if this investment can be used to power data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44745/25]
3. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if his Department has estimated or recorded the number of procurement…
154. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to the NDP review and the announcement of €3.5 billion of an equity investment in ESB and EirGrid, the level of equity this investment will equate to in both ESB and EirGrid, respectively; to provide a breakdown of the equity the Government of Ireland has in both EirGrid and ESB as the TSO and DSO, respectively, and the way this ow…
156. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the €3.5 billion allocation for EirGrid and ESB in the NDP review, whether any parameters were put in place regarding the type of projects the funding should be targeted toward. [43105/25]
233. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of the NDP review and the announcement of €3.5 billion of an equity investment in ESB and EirGrid, the level of equity this investment will equate to in both ESB and EirGrid, respectively; to provide a breakdown of the equity the Government has in both EirGrid and ESB as the TSO and DSO, respectively; the way this ownership stake w…
339. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide, in relation to commercial semi-State bodies which are permitted to undertake their own borrowing, a list of those semi-State bodies, along with their current borrowing limits, their current total borrowings and the source of these borrowings, in tabular form; and if he will make …
352. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of Córas Iompair Éireann or its subsidiaries (including Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann) which have been lost due to adverse possession since 1 January 2015. [30027/25]
114. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of basic annual salaries for chief executives of all commercial and non-commercial semi-State companies; and the expiry date of each contract for same. [22490/25]
409. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE data analysts employed by IDA Ireland in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [16872/25]
22. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport whether staff employed in a semi-State body (details supplied) have the option to work until the age of 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9892/25]