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Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (24 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: I mean some of them are different. The Department of education is efficient at delivery when it decides a particular project will happen. When it does that, it typically moves quickly and it happens relatively quickly. The issue is the pipeline is extensive and it cannot do everything every year so there is a natural delay. It is about managing that sequentially because there have to be...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (24 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: That is important too. We have committees here that will rightly scrutinise everything but if we are proactive and delivery is the number one priority, that means we have to rebalance risk in how we make decisions and how quickly people make decisions. We have to support people in doing that in key positions of influence. Otherwise, we will have continued endless process which ultimately...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (24 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: On the disability sector, some of what the Deputy referenced there is very much connected to current expenditure and what we allocate to the disability side of that directly. The direct funding from the Department of disability is into the HSE and primarily relates to some of the supports for therapeutics and other supports. In the context of her overall envelope, the Minister, Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (24 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: I can assure the Deputy that reform of the Ethics legislation is a priority for both myself and my ministerial colleagues and we have committed as much in our Programme for Government. This is, nevertheless, a very complex area that requires careful consideration before I finalise the concrete details of proposals for legislative reform. My Department has already prepared the ground by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Data (24 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 to 38, inclusive, together. The Summer Economic Statement (“SES”) published in July this year set out the parameters for Budget 2026. €116.6 billion will be made available next year. This reflects a total uplift of €7.9 billion of which €5.9 billion will be for current expenditure and an additional €2 billion...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Middle East (23 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together. In 2025, my Department spent €4,060 on a project management tool from a company headquartered in Israel. My Department did not purchase goods or services from the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 233 together. The Freedom of Information legislation provides for a right of access to records held by public bodies. However, it also recognises that there are types of records and information where the release of which may harm important rights and interests of third parties or the public body itself. The legislation sets out exemptions from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (23 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Office of Government Procurement (OGP), a Division within my Department, operates as a Central Purchasing Body (CPB) establishing Framework Agreements and Dynamic Purchasing Systems for commonly required goods and services across 11 master categories of expenditure (Professional Services, Banking and Insurance, Consultancy and Advisory, Electricity and Gas, ICT, Facilities Management,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Process (23 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Summer Economic Statement (“SES”) published in July this year set out the parameters for Budget 2026. €116.6 billion will be made available next year. This reflects a total uplift of €7.9 billion of which €5.9 billion will be for current expenditure and an additional €2 billion for capital expenditure. Budget 2026 will take a whole of budget...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Company / Purpose 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 to date Mid Freight Shipping Ltd (Document Storage) €3,440 €3,178 €4,721 €3,948 €4,503 €2,841 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Terms and conditions of any severance arrangements are a matter for daa and the executive concerned and subject to the contractual agreement in place. Any requests for approval by my Department are assessed in the context of an individual's contract terms, which are agreed at the time of employment.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Fiscal Monitor is published on the third working day of each month and can be accessed at: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-finance/collections/fiscal-monit ors-2025/. The Fiscal Monitor provides both gross and net year-to-date current and capital figures for each vote group. The report also details expenditure against profile as well as year-on-year performance. It also sets the latest 2025...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: In July 2024, this Department issued a circular in respect of the Occupational Supplementary Pension (OSP), which streamlined the application process and removed the requirement for public service pensioners to engage with the Department of Social Protection before reaching State Pension Age (currently 66) in order to avail of an OSP. This matter has been resolved and is not under review. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The abatement of public service pensions is provided for in Section 52 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 – the "Single Scheme Act", however the principle of abatement is longstanding and dates back to the Superannuation Act, 1834. In the context of public service pensions, abatement is the suspension or reduction in an individual’s...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The National Development Plan (NDP) Review 2025 was published on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, in line with the Programme for Government commitment. The review provides us with the potential to completely transform our built environment through permanent, sustained and sustainable interventions focused on the medium and long-term health of our economy and our country. Government has set out...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Programme for Government prioritised an early review of the National Development Plan (NDP), with the objective of improving our infrastructure, especially housing, energy, water and transport. Improvements to these sectors of economic infrastructure is necessary to enable the delivery of 300,000 additional homes by 2030 and to boost our competitiveness. A series of bilateral...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: My Department’s published reports on procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 for Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 are available at www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructur e-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/collections/dper- and-ogp-purchase-order-payments/. The planned timeframe for the publication of the Q3 2025 reports is early to mid...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (17 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: The legal code in respect of contract modifications to public contracts following the award of contract is set out in Regulation 72 of S.I. No. 284/2016 - European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016. This regulation describes the circumstances in which contract modifications are permitted, the rules governing modifications and the obligations on Contracting...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: Open Data is important for building trust in government and for driving innovation and public service transformation, and it also supports scientific and technological innovation and is central to the delivery of a whole range of vital public services and societal goals. Ireland’s high score on the Open Data Maturity ranking and recognition as an innovator in this area in Europe marks...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 354, 353 and 356 together. My Department has no role in monitoring compliance in the manner suggested by the Deputy. My Department has responsibility for developing and setting out the overarching policy framework and associated guidelines to facilitate compliance with public procurement rules and relevant Government policies. Individual Accounting...