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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: I appreciate that. Whenever the hospital publishes its purchase orders online, I ask its representatives to please write to me because we will look to include it in the tracker. I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: On data quality from the NTPF, I have multiple prompt payments reports from the hospital's finance department. One has a labelling error, the files in another do not agree with the Department of Health's version of the file and there is another where the total sum does not agree with that of the Department of Health. An example I found quite concerning was that quarter 4 of 2019 and quarter...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Could I get a comment on the data quality and the reports? There are a lot of errors and it is not an isolated incident.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 456 and 457 of 17 September 2025, in which she stated that her Department publishes procurement-related payment reports in PDF format ‘to avoid potential manipulation of the data contained in such reports’, if she is aware that this practice has led to instances in which supplier names are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1405 of 17 September 2025, which stated that his Department’s quarterly procurement-related payment reports ‘were originally prepared in Excel and subsequently converted to PDF’, the reason the underlying machine-readable files (CSV/Excel) are not published alongside the PDFs; if this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. What I find particularly interesting about the entire competitiveness and cost of doing business debate, the narrative around it and where we are going with it, is the roles the chambers can play in this with regard to highlighting to us what exactly is being faced. That is the purpose for the witnesses being here today. Looking at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: Yes, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: I appreciate that and I appreciate the sentiment because what Mr. Talbot is saying reflects a broader frustration in Irish society. The Cathaoirleach alluded to it as well. There are great plans and great ambition in them but the delivery is lacklustre. It is not there and tangible outputs have to be the priority. That has been reflected in the budget yesterday. The allocation for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: I welcome that. I thank Mr. Talbot.

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

Albert Dolan: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to provide a clear regulatory framework for the installation of small-scale modular or ‘backyard’ units, to support families seeking accommodation solutions on their own property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53678/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Regulations (7 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected timeframe for the introduction of at least one EU digital identity wallet here in advance of the 2026 deadline. [54345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (7 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 23 September 2025, and having regard to the confirmation therein that under Government decisions of 19 May 2009, 2 March 2011, 8 March 2011 and 28 March 2017 all public bodies subject to the 15-day prompt payment requirement must report against a defined set of fields including the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Regulations (7 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on Ireland's preparations for the implementation of the European Digital Identity Framework, which entered into force in May 2024; and if he will confirm whether the use of the wallet will be compulsory for individuals or optional. [53552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (7 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the draft wind energy development guidelines; and when updated guidelines will be brought forward. [49213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Oct 2025)

Albert Dolan: 431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money the State spent in 2024 and 2025 on taxi journeys for International protection applicants; and the details of the most expensive taxi journey. [53553/25]