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Question· writtenPQ 364asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
364. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to confirm the total voted capital expenditure ceiling for 2025 has now increased to €17.1bn; if not, the additional revised estimates which still have to be passed by the Oireachtas; where the increased capital allocation has been provided and for the purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52103/25]
Question· writtenPQ 363asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
363. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the revised voted capital expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial vote group in 2025 following the publication of the revised NDP, in tabular form; to confirm that approximately €17.1bn will be spent on capital expenditure in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52102/25]
Question· writtenPQ 362asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
362. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme is permitted to be availed of for the repair a road that leads to a public amenity, such as a popular beach; if not, the reason; whether there is other funding available for such works through the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52098/25]
Question· writtenPQ 361asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
361. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the works completed under the OPW’s measured term maintenance contract with a value greater than €250,000 in the year 2023; the initial estimate and total cost to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52089/25]
Question· writtenPQ 360asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
360. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will outline the years in which Office of Public Works has signed a measured term maintenance contract, and the duration of such; the number of tenders received in each instance; the successful tender; the estimated value of works to be carried out in each per the tender; the outturn in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52088/25]
Question· writtenPQ 359asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
359. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has received any correspondence or representations from the boards of any State companies and/or line Departments since 31 March 2025 regarding the pay of their chief executives; if so, to provide details of the companies concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52073/25]
Question· writtenPQ 358asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
358. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the commercial State companies for which new pay bands for chief executives have been communicated by his Department to line Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52072/25]
Question· writtenPQ 357asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
357. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new process for determining the pay of chief executives in commercial State companies following the review carried out by the Senior Posts Remuneration Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52071/25]
Question· writtenPQ 356asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
356. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the methodology and calculations used by his Department in assessing a professional added years application, submitted by a public sector employer on behalf of an employee, where such employee is classified as a "new entrant" per Government Circular 8/2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52055/25]
Question· writtenPQ 355asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
355. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will support an increase in Budget 2025 to the Irish language and Gaeltacht from 0.17% of State spending to 0.4% over a 5 year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52051/25]
Question· writtenPQ 354asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
354. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he intends to extend the current retirement age for uniformed personnel such as firefighters in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/25]
Question· writtenPQ 353asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the date he will publish the promised sectoral investment plan related to the recently updated National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48989/25]
Question· writtenPQ 352asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
352. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE window fabricator and fitter who are employed by the OPW in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if he will provide a schedule of the number of apprentice trades taken on by OPW in the past five years to date by trade; and the number of fully qualified tradespersons, by trade, in the OPW. [51842/25]
Question· writtenPQ 351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
351. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation given that the Freedom of Information Model Publication Scheme Guidance (2016) issued by his Department under Section 8 of the FOI Act specifies that ‘payments or purchase orders for goods and services’ should be published on a quarterly basis for amounts above €20,000, but with a higher €100,000 threshold applying to the HSE, if his Department will review this threshold in light of the planned introduction of the HSE integrated financial management system, which will enable more comprehensive reporting; and if consideration has been given to aligning the HSE with the €20,000 publication threshold now applied to other FOI bodies, so as to enhance transparency and ensure consistency across the public sector. [51657/25]
Question· writtenPQ 350asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
350. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has updated public procurement guidelines in the context of public bodies purchasing goods and/or services produced and or developed by Israeli companies. [51425/25]
Question· writtenPQ 349asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
349. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51369/25]
Question· writtenPQ 348asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
348. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No.194 of 3 July 2025, if there is an update on this matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51351/25]
Question· writtenPQ 347asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
347. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 10 June 2025, regarding OPW properties lost to adverse possession, to provide further clarification (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51297/25]
Question· writtenPQ 346asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
346. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he and his Department have identified a site for a driving test centre in North County Dublin which would cater for the growing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51250/25]
Question· writtenPQ 345asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
345. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he and his Department will consider the small piece of land behind Lusk Garda Station for a community building which could house community groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51249/25]
Question· writtenPQ 344asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
344. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management programme interventions the OPW plans to take in relation to mitigating flooding risks in Bettystown and Mornington in East Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51248/25]
Question· writtenPQ 343asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
343. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the capital funding allocated to OPW capital works projects in the National Development Plan for the period 2026 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51114/25]
Question· writtenPQ 342asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
342. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures introduced within his Department to prevent similar cost escalation in future rapid-delivery housing projects; and to outline the governance arrangements in place to monitor expenditure and ensure accountability for value for money. [51324/25]
Question· writtenPQ 341asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
341. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will publish post-completion audit reports on the rapid build modular housing programme, including the Clonmel development, showing final actual costs against projected costs; and the expected timeline for publication of those reports. [51323/25]
Question· writtenPQ 340asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
340. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the benchmarking of cost per modular unit undertaken against comparable schemes in other EU member states or in the Irish private sector; to provide the outcome of that analysis; and if not, to explain the reason such benchmarking was not carried out given the scale of public expenditure. [51322/25]
Question· writtenPQ 339asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
339. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the procurement processes used for the award of contracts for modular units and site works under the rapid build programme; whether these were subject to open tender, restricted procedure, negotiated procedure without prior publication, or emergency procurement; and whether any independent value-for-money assessments or external cost benchmarks were carried out before contract award. [51321/25]
Question· writtenPQ 338asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2025
338. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide a full breakdown of the average cost of €436,000 per modular home delivered under the rapid build programme, separating the costs for build components (details supplied), in tabular form. [51319/25]
Motion· Motie2025Z18236adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 30 September 2025
Motie van de leden Kathmann en Timmermans over een volledig Europees verbod op radicaliserende algoritmes op basis van onlinetracking of interactie
Record· Commissie2025-2026-5held
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 29 September 2025
Groen van Prinstererzaal
Motion· Motie2025Z18072adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 29 September 2025
Motie van het lid Kathmann c.s. over de aanbevelingen uit Ons Digitaal Fundament verwerken in het vervolg op de Nederlandse Digitaliseringsstrategie
Record· Brief regering2025Z17982open
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 26 September 2025
Beantwoording vragen commissie over Nederlandse Digitaliseringsstrategie (Kamerstuk 26643-1366)
Question· writtenPQ 245asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
245. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether title of the GPO has transferred to the OPW; the role the OPW has in respect of the action set out in strand one of the roadmap for delivery of the Dublin City Taskforce report, described as 'conceptualise and decide on the future use of the reimagined GPO'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51099/25]
Question· writtenPQ 244asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
244. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the guidance issued in each year from 2023 to 2025 to commercial and non-commercial semi-State bodies regarding the 'grossing up' of executive benefits, such as health insurance or vehicle provision; the arrangements in place to monitor compliance with public pay policy; the number of reported breaches or derogation requests in that period and the actions taken by his Department in response. [51080/25]
Question· writtenPQ 243asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
243. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to introduce emergency legislation to urgently address data collection issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51012/25]
Question· writtenPQ 242asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
242. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has approved the necessary resources to be allocated to the Department Justice, Migration and Social Affairs, and subsequently to Cuan, to ensure that agreed pay increases due to workers in ‘Section 40’ organisations in October will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/25]
Question· writtenPQ 241asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
241. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on the reason persons from Ireland provided more submissions than all other EU states combined, in response to the call for experiences of people to explore the implementation of Directive 2019/1937 (Whistleblowing Directive); and if he is satisfied that the Directive has been properly transposed. [50939/25]
Question· writtenPQ 240asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new capital ceilings for each Department for 2025 that reflect the new capital envelope of €17.9 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50858/25]
Question· writtenPQ 239asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
239. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the required consent submission by the Office of Public Works to his Department, and the expected timeline, for progressing the Turoe Stone relocation project to the delivery stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50991/25]
Question· writtenPQ 238asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
238. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has undertaken an analysis of the risks to public expenditure management posed by the increasing reliance of State agencies on external consultants rather than in-house expertise. [50932/25]
Question· writtenPQ 237asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
237. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has examined the concentration of government contracts being awarded to the same consultancy firms across multiple Departments; and if this concentration poses risks to financial accountability and value for money. [50930/25]
Record· Brief van lid/fractie/commissie2025Z17839concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 25 September 2025
Verzoek van de leden Kathmann (GL-PvdA) en Six Dijkstra (NSC) om een reactie van de staatssecretaris BZK op artikel en brief 'Ons Digitaal Fundament' tijdens notaoverleg NDS (d.d. 29 september 2025)
Question· writtenPQ 38asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
38. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has compiled the projected cost of maintaining existing levels of service in 2026 as part of the budgetary process; the breakdown of estimated costs by Government Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50853/25]
Question· writtenPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
37. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation The estimated cost of maintaining existing levels of service in 2026; the proportion of this that is accounted for by demographics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50852/25]
Question· writtenPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
36. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated total additional cost in 2026 for the implementation of the public sector pay agreement; if the cost for this will come from the allocation for new current spending as outlined in the Summer Economic Statemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50851/25]
Question· writtenPQ 35asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
35. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total carryover cost in 2026 of spending measures implemented in Budget 2025; the breakdown of the individual cost of each if available if his Department has compiled a list of the carry over cost for 2026 at this stage of the Budgetary process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50850/25]
Question· writtenPQ 34asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
34. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the proposals for further investment in an amenity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50817/25]
Question· writtenPQ 33asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
33. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the OPW will examine the case for the clearing of a stream (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50704/25]
Question· writtenPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
32. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to reform the Ethics in Public Office legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50533/25]
Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
31. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation The progress that has been achieved to date on the new Garda dog training centre; and when this project will move to the next phase. [50634/25]
Question· writtenPQ 239asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2025
239. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in his Department on annual basis. [50498/25]
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