Written answers
				Thursday, 13 February 2025
  				
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
				 
  - Health Services Staff 
 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline his role and his Department’s role on the issue of pay parity for medical scientists; and if he will make a statement...
- Freedom of Information 
 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 being conducted by his Department. [4631/25]
- Office of Public Works 
 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is concerned that outsourcing relationships with particular private contractors are contributing to exorbitant costs for OPW...
- Flood Risk Management 
 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood defence works will commence for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5067/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Thomastown flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4803/25]
- Flood Risk Management 
 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on flood-protection measures being taken in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4919/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Graiguenamanagh flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4802/25]
- National Development Plan 
 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the amount of funding for retrofitting as part of the revised NDP; if this remains unchanged as part of the new...
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Ballinhassig flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5033/25]
- Programme for Government 
 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department intends to take to expedite delivery of project assessments, appraisals, business cases, and other stages of...
- Office of Public Works 
 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total budget allocated to the OPW in each of the past ten years. [4630/25]
- National Development Plan 
 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the National Development Plan review mentioned in the new Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on...
- Office of Public Works 
 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of vacant properties owned by the OPW; the total number of properties which the OPW currently rents; and if he will make...
- Heritage Sites 
 90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action being taken to address the ongoing issue regarding local access to Castletown House; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Procurement Contracts 
 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to review public procurement procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4925/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he intends to take to streamline and simplify the delivery of flood relief initiatives, as set out in the Programme for...
- Flood Risk Management 
 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received the Castlemaine Harbour pilot study from Kerry County Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions 
 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to review the provisions of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, especially in the...
- Office of Public Works 
 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has made a decision with regard to the proposed installation of CCTV cameras at Clare Abbey, County Clare....
- Freedom of Information 
 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [5011/25]
- Ethics in Public Office 
 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the plans to review and strengthen the ethics in public office legislation following the completion of the review of the...
- Flood Risk Management 
 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Coirib go Cósta project; the timeline for its delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4900/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on flood relief measures in Castlemartyr, Mogeely and Killeagh, east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Heritage Sites 
 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the plans for the proposed new visitor centre development at Trim Castle; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Weather Events 
 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements his Department has had with the Department of Social Protection in relation to the potential costs of the humanitarian...
- Office of Public Works 
 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the public sector climate action mandate applies to the OPW; if so, the  measures that have been taken by the OPW to comply with...
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the flood relief schemes in Cork north central, including the Blackpool flood relief scheme and the Morrison’s...
- Data Centres 
 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on the Shared Government Data Centre to date; the amount needed to complete the project; when the project is expected...
- National Development Plan 
 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed timeline and scope for the review of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4773/25]
- Public Sector Staff 
 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is considering to address the issue of staff and skill shortages in the public service. [5010/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position on advancing a flood defence relief project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Emergency Services 
 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether there will be a review of the Tetra communications network for emergency services, given the experience of its performance...
- Departmental Funding 
 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to open applications for the infrastructure, climate and nature fund; the application criteria for the disbursement of...
- Departmental Priorities 
 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the progress of the OGCIO programme to digitalise life events; which life events will be digitalised; which Departments...
- Office of Public Works 
 114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual salaries of the top ten highest paid individuals employed by the OPW. [4628/25]
- National Development Plan 
 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the review of the National Development Plan will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4921/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for details on planned flood remediation works and arterial drainage works to take place in County Clare in 2025; and if he will make a...
- Ethics in Public Office 
 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in relation to the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995, he plans to make changes to the Members’ register of interests, whereby...
- Industrial Disputes 
 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has had or if he is planning to have discussions with the Minister for Health regarding the planned industrial action of Section...
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