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Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Yes. In that correspondence it was also suggested that having regard to the potential ongoing legal and operational risks the Department needed to be assured that this was the most economically cost-effective outcome. Is Mr. Moloney assured that was the outcome?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I am concerned about the policy implications of the fact that we have had to suppress a director role in another HSE department. There is a hypocrisy between the policy and the legislation. Do we not face a significant issue, whereby we could lose multiple HSE directors or similar roles if multiple CEOs decide to avail of that entitlement, which is their right? Policy is meant to be the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The Minister refused the extension for this role on multiple occasions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. Moloney very much for that. I will not ask him about specifics with regard to the national development plan, but who is involved in the negotiation process? Does he share my concern that it is politically vulnerable in terms of cost effectiveness and the policy on public procurement? Is there a risk with the national development plan as it stands, and the negotiation process,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Is there a risk with premature announcements or the position some are taking to the balance between value for money and procurement? I refer to the case of commitments being made without any sort of business case being put or feasibility study being undertaken.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I have another quick question. The Minister reported in April that a task force was being set up to tackle the slow pace of infrastructural provision and that expertise from Uisce Éireann, EirGrid and the ESB would come to the table, meet on a monthly basis and report in July. Could he provide an update on the status of the task force? Has it met, how often and has the report been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: We will not hold Mr. Moloney to that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. Moloney very much for his time. I appreciate it. I will quickly turn to Ms Kelly with regard to the status of the inquiry. It was reported that the cost was €13,000. When does she expect it to be fully complete and communications made with everybody affected?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Great. I thank Ms Kelly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Gender Equality (9 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 140. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the expected timeline for the transposition for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, indicating in any assistance that will be given to employers to ensure they can properly prepare for the implementation of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38093/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for estimated cost of extending the young adult Leap card to encompass all those under the age of 30; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of valid driving licences issued as of 2 July 2025 that rely on the condition that a certification of fitness was provided with renewal applications; if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden that the required to provide certification every three years for persons over 75 years-of-age and his plans to mitigate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 324. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the cost to the exchequer of the help to buy scheme in each of the years since its creation in 2016 in tabular form, and; an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37191/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 326. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised from stamp duty on shares in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [37256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Media Sector (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended in respect of the activities and mission of the local democracy reporting scheme since its inception to date. [37396/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the exchequer of the first home scheme (aka shared equity scheme) in each of the years since its creation in 2022, in tabular form; and an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37192/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the croí cónaithe scheme in each of the years since its creation, in tabular form; and an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37193/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the housing assistance payment in each of the years since its creation in 2014, in tabular form; and an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37194/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed at each of the 31 local authorities at the end of 2024, in tabular form. [37835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current situation around infrastructure to combat domestic violence in the State, including by providing the current number of emergency refuge spaces for victims of domestic violence; the shortfall between this level and the level that would allow Ireland to meet its obligations under the Istanbul Convention; and if he...