Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified horticulturists, by grade employed by OPW as of 22 April 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form. [21318/25]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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The number of qualified horticulturists employed by the OPW is set out in the table below:

There is currently a competition to fill 6 x Chargehand (Head) Gardener vacancies with interviews scheduled for mid-May. There is a further Craft Gardener competition which will be launched following successful completion of the Chargehand Gardener competition when the accurate number of backfills and vacancies have been identified.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of the capital budget of the OPW that has been spent in the first four months of 2025; If he will provide the same figures for the corresponding period in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [21461/25]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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Please see below OPW budget, spend to end of April and associated percentage of the capital budget spent in the first four months of 2023, 2024 and up to 28th April 2025. (Note that the budget figure below consists of the REV plus any supplementary and carryovers as applicable for each relevant year).