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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (2 Oct 2025)

Jack Chambers: An Interdepartmental Competition for Promotion to Higher Executive Officer (HEO) positions with fluency in the Irish language in the Civil Service was launched on 3 November 2023 and is currently planned to run until 30 November 2025. There were 80 applications with 5 people being panelled and assigned in locations in Dublin and Galway. Recognising the vital role of Irish-language...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Regulations (2 Oct 2025)

Jack Chambers: My Department has invested a total of €2,694,327 to date in the delivery of the national Government digital wallet initiative, with projected expenditure rising to €3,099,082 by the end of 2025.  This initiative is being implemented through a phased approach, with funding allocated across multiple years to support the design, ongoing development, testing, and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2026 (1 Oct 2025)

Jack Chambers: I am aware of the issues raised by the Irish Farmers Association. As part of the budgetary process, I met with them and they raised the concerns of their members as outlined in their comprehensive Pre Budget submission. Many of the matters raised in the submission are primarily policy matters for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, with whom I am working closely on preparing the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Please find related partial figures in answer to this question around cloud storage solutions costs. My Department is in the process of collating and finalizing these figures which will be made available to the deputy in due course. These are incurred by the Office of Government Chief Information Officer in delivering digital public services such as gov.ie. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Public Procurement is governed by EU legislation and national rules/guidelines. EU Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement (goods, services and works) has been transposed into Irish Law in the form of corresponding Regulations - S.I. No. 284/2016 - European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts). My Department has published the Public Procurement Guidelines for Goods and Services to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation published the Model Publication Scheme in 2016. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014, it sets out requirements for the publication of information by FOI bodies routinely outside of the FOI process. As Deputy Dolan has stated, this includes the quarterly publication of payments and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The National Development Plan (NDP) Review 2025 was published in July and is the largest ever capital injection in our economy in the history of the State. The Review sets out a total public capital investment of €275.4bn over the period to 2035. This comprises €202.4bn in Exchequer Voted capital expenditure from 2026 to 2035. Of this, €102.4bn is being allocated for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The retirement age policy in respect of firefighters is the remit of the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage. In August 2024, the mandatory retirement age for firefighters was extended to age 62. The retirement age policy in respect of members of An Garda Síochána and prison officers is the remit of the Minister for Justice, and for members of the Defence Forces,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Language (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Each year as part of the budgetary process my Department sets the overall expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial Vote Group approved by Government. These are laid out at Vote level in the Budget day Expenditure Report published in October with further detail provided in the Revised Estimates for Public Services published in December. Following the allocation of each Ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Professional Added Years (PAY) schemes apply to certain members of pre-existing public service pension schemes recruited by way of open competition to professional, technical or specialist permanent posts in the civil/public service. The ‘New Entrant Scheme’ was introduced under Circular 8/2005 and applies to persons appointed to established professional, technical or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357, 358 and 359 together. The Senior Posts Remuneration Committee (SPRC) was established by Government in March 2024. The SPRC was requested to perform a review of the remuneration arrangements for the CEOs of Commercial State Bodies (CSBs). The SPRC made a number of findings and 17 recommendations. The report outlines the importance of fair and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Gross capital funding of €16.585 billion has been allocated to Departments in 2025. The following table sets out the allocations for each Ministerial Vote Group. Ministerial Vote Group 2025 Allocations €,m Agriculture, Food and the Marine 337 Children, Disability and Equality Group 100 Climate,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Summer Economic Statement (SES) was published in July and set out a revised capital ceiling of €17.1 billion, an uplift of €2.2 billion over the original capital ceiling for 2025. This increase in the capital ceiling allows for planned additional spending for 2025 to fund in-year decisions and to further support the delivery of key social and economic priorities. Of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (30 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The main purpose of the Civil Service Regulation and Public Service Management (Amendment) Bill is to amend the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956 and the Public Service Management Act 1997 to provide that disciplinary action up to and including dismissal in the Civil Service can be assigned below the level of the head of the organisation (Appropriate Authority) and other miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (25 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: In accordance with the provisions of Circular 16/13: Revision of arrangements concerning the use of Central Contracts, all public bodies are mindful of the importance of maximising the value for money achievable when procuring any commonly acquired goods or services. Central procurement frameworks and contracts established by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) are designed to optimise...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (25 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: My Department works at the centre of government to drive the delivery of better public services, living standards and infrastructure for the people of Ireland. In this context, it is responsible for public expenditure policies and frameworks designed to support public expenditure management. I would highlight that managing the delivery of public services, within budgetary allocations, is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (25 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Gross capital funding of €16.585 billion has been allocated to Departments in 2025. The following table sets out the allocations for each Ministerial Vote Group. Ministerial Vote Group 2025 Allocations €,m Agriculture, Food and the Marine 337 Children, Disability and Equality Group 100 Climate,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (25 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: As the Deputy is aware, Ireland has comprehensive legislation to protect workers in both the public and private sector who raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace. The statutory framework is governed by the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, which was significantly strengthened by the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022. This legislation commenced operation on 1 January 2023 and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (25 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Funding for Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence services is allocated and expended through Vote 24 Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. As the Deputy is aware, the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is responsible for the management of funding within the justice sector within the overall parameters for Government spending that are approved by the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (25 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: As the Deputy will be aware, enforcement of the GDPR falls under the remit of the Data Protection Commission (DPC). I understand that the DPC is aware of this issue, has made a public statement and is investigating further. My colleague, the Minister for Justice will review whether additional legislation is required in this area, following the conclusion of the DPC investigation and its...