James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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486. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12159/25]

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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487. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board in correspondence to his Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; to identify any body where the chairperson of that board never identified skills gaps to his Department or a Minister, by year and body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12177/25]

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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488. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year or years where no so such member existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12195/25]

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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489. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12213/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 to 489, inclusive, together.

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the bodies under the aegis of my Department which have a Board is contained in the following tables:

National Shared Services Office Advisory Board

Public Appointments Service Board

** Two Members of the Audit Committee have significant experience in this area

The Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act, 2004 states that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (in consultation with Minister for the Environment, the Minister for Health and the Minister for Justice) should appoint members of the Board of the Public Appointments Service. The Board is meant to be representative of its client base.

The Act also specifies that in appointing persons as members of the Board the Minister shall ensure that at least 2 of them have either or both civil service and other public service experience and knowledge which the Minister considers relevant, and at least 2 of them have expertise in human resource management, customer service and recruitment outside the public service which the Minister considers relevant.

Economic and Social Research Institute Council

Institute of Public Administration Board

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Wicklow-Wexford, Sinn Fein)
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490. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount invested in the OPW’s projects nationally for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12224/25]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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The OPW has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing, maintaining and developing a substantial and complex estate - comprising approximately 2,500 properties including office buildings, Garda properties, heritage properties, visitor centres and national monuments. The OPW also has responsibility for the funding and delivery of flood relief projects across the country and works with local authorities on the delivery of these schemes.

The total amount invested in OPW's projects through its Vote 13 capital allocation within the estimates process over the past five years is as follows: