Written answers
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Funding
460.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the necessary funding will be released by his Department to rebuild the weir and build the new fish pass on the blackwater river in... - Pension Provisions
461.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the money allocated to the State’s contribution to auto-enrolment within the base under the stability programme update and summer... - An Garda Síochána
462.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will prioritise investment into upgrading the Castlepollard Garda station (details supplied). [30988/24] - Departmental Contracts
463.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the private companies operating within the grounds of Leinster House; the number which are contracted by his Department, the OPW or the... - Flood Relief Schemes
464.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of works on the weir at Ballincollig regional park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31115/24] - Public Appointments Service
465.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the slow processing times of the Public Appointments Service (PAS); if there are any plans to improve the processing times... - Information and Communications Technology
466.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public sector bodies can continue to use cloud computing to deliver digital-driven public services; and if he will make a statement on... - Public Sector Pensions
468.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person who has served in the Defence Forces for less than 21 years and has taken a position within the public service can have their... - Brexit Supports
469.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount allocated and spent to date under the EU Brexit adjustment reserve; the specific projects to which funds were allocated;... - Office of Public Works
470.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will publish an account of the progress of the working group at this time in its deliberations; if he will provide... - Departmental Legal Cases
471.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another... - Brexit Supports
472.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a full breakdown for all moneys drawn down from Brexit adjustment reserve funding; how the moneys were spent; if any moneys announced... - Fiscal Policy
473.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on an issue raised by the acting chief economist of IFAC (details supplied) regarding the discrepancy between the capital... - Office of Public Works
474.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the developments in terms of expenditure and capital works that have taken place at Rathfarnham Castle since 2020, or that are planned.... - Flood Relief Schemes
475.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital expenditure by his Department on the Whitechurch Stream and River Poddle flood alleviation schemes; and if he will make a... - An Garda Síochána
476.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has received a request from An Garda Síochána since 2021 to fund the refurbishment of Garda immigration unit based... - Office of the Ombudsman
480.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to include Uisce éireann; if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to all companies... - Office of Public Works
481.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the results of the OPW's spring survey conducted in respect of Castletown House. [31868/24] - EU Funding
482.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the moneys Ireland has received to date from the EU recovery and resilience facility; the distribution of the... - Summer Economic Statement
483.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if provision has been made in either voted current spending or budgetary decisions in table 1 of the summer economic statement, with... - National Monuments
485.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the works scheduled to commence in June 2024 on the national monument in Moore Street will commence; and the nature of those works.... - Office of Public Works
486.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if access issues to a State-owned property (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31925/24] - An Garda Síochána
487.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the works to Cashel Garda station, Hogan Square, Cashel, County Tipperary; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that... - Office of Public Works
488.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has ever employed a company (details supplied) to provide security personnel at any OPW site in each of the years 2022, 2023... - Flood Relief Schemes
489.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the progression of the funding application submitted by Cork County Council for the rollout of individual... - Summer Economic Statement
493.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the composition of the €3.7 billion existing services level expenditure by Departments, as set out in the... - Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
494.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of air changes or cleanings or filtrations or purifications per hour in the Dáil and Seanad Chambers; how this compares... - Office of Public Works
495.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has undertaken every possible step to make and keep the lands at Castletown accessible to people with disabilities and... - Public Sector Pay
496.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker is paid a minimum of €15 per hour; and if he will make a... - State Bodies
499.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on independent boards of State agencies; whether these are required in legislation that establishes each agency in line with... - Public Services Provision
501.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, to ensure quality public service, he will introduce timelines for decisions, in order that the public can know the exact timeline for... - Coastal Protection
502.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department, the OPW, and other State agencies have made in providing emergency temporary protection for properties and... - Flood Risk Management
503.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a full update on the delivery of the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme for the Fingal... - Office of Public Works
505.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail all the OPW-owned sites in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33257/24] - Flood Risk Management
506.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail each allocation made to Louth County Council under the OPW’s minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection... - Public Sector Pay
507.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 1% increase in public sector pay for all those earning less than €100,000. [33264/24] - International Protection
510.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of the expenditure from the contingency reserve assigned for temporary protection and international protection related... - Public Sector Pay
512.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the first- and full-year cost of increasing all wages in the public sector to a minimum of 14.80, 15.00, 15.20, 15.40 respectively, in... - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
513.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 10 percent increase in funding for the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, in tabular form. [33380/24] - State Bodies
514.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 10 percent increase in the funding for the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, in tabular form.... - Office of Public Works
515.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 25%, 50% and 100% increase in the funding for the OPW for the construction and acquisition of buildings for... - State Bodies
517.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of increasing the Office of the Chief Information Officer budget by 5, 10 and 20 percent respectively, in tabular... - Flood Risk Management
518.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost to increase expenditure on flood defences by capital expenditure by 5%, in tabular form. [33387/24] - Public Sector Pay
519.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated saving of reducing the salary top up of politicians, including An Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Ministers and Ministers of... - State Bodies
521.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the first- and full-year cost of increasing funding to the Director of Public Prosecutions by 10%, 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular... - Office of Public Works
522.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of abolishing admission charges for OPW heritage sites, in tabular form. [33394/24] - Flood Risk Management
525.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Mogeely and Castlemartyr in east Cork have not been included in tranche 1 of flood prevention works. [33406/24] - International Protection
528.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the expenditure from the contingency reserve assigned for temporary protection and international... - Office of Public Works
530.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total revenue generated by admissions fees to OPW heritage sites each year for the past five years. [33522/24] - Court Accommodation
531.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has finalised its cost-benefit analysis for the court building in Wicklow town; its findings in relation to the viability of a...
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