Parliamentary questions

National Development Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

44. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the capital underspend based on the targets set in the 2021 review of the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17724/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

46. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the types of services that typically make up the costs, other than construction and financing, in public private partnership contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17725/24]

Public Spending Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

57. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the infrastructure guidelines will lead to reform within individual Departments in the context of capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17727/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

58. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the projected expenditure on capital projects for 2025 and 2026 in terms of GNI*; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17726/24]

State Properties

Rose Conway-Walsh

73. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there is a plan or strategy in place for the Office of Public Works to reduce the reliance on leased properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17730/24]

Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

Rose Conway-Walsh

80. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has engaged with the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the potential of extending his remit to cover commercial public bodies in a dual-audit capacity in order to ensure greater oversight and accountability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17729/24]

Flood Risk Management

Rose Conway-Walsh

91. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the impact construction inflation has had on the cost of delivering flood protection projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17728/24]

State Claims Agency

Rose Conway-Walsh

210. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the claims on, and settlements made by, the State Claims Agency in each year since 2011, broken down by category; the amount and percentage of total cost of settlements spent on legal fees, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17748/24]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

176. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount in the community recognition fund; the amount allocated to County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17010/24]

Cabinet Committees

Rose Conway-Walsh

21. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [16761/24]

Schools Building Projects

Rose Conway-Walsh

91. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on all education capital projects in development in Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16348/24]

Schools Building Projects

Rose Conway-Walsh

100. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the badly needed extension for a school (details supplied) that is stuck on pre-stage 1 and has not progressed to planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16347/24]

Departmental Budgets

Rose Conway-Walsh

246. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide the capital allocation ceiling for the Office of Public Works for 2024, 2025 and 2026; the capital ceilings or projects for the annual priority reserve for 2024, 2025, and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Rose Conway-Walsh

259. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the level of reduction reached to date, as the Government must reduce emissions from the heating of commercial buildings by 20% by 2025 and 45% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16259/24]

Housing Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

389. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of vacant social houses in Mayo; how many specifically in Castlebar and Ballina; the average turnaround time for a social house once it is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16104/24]

Pensions Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

456. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected annual cost to the Exchequer of the planned auto-enrolment pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16009/24]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

574. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual cost to the Exchequer of the means-tested national childcare scheme; the numbers accessing the scheme and the average subsidy per recipient each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16038/24]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

575. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the corresponding saving to the Exchequer through the means-tested national childcare subsidy for every 1% decrease in the average fees using the universal national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16039/24]

Childcare Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

578. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that in September 2024 his Department plans to introduce a further 25% reduction in average childcare fees, and that this will result in a 43.75% reduction of fees on 2022 levels, on average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16109/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

755. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of new registrations for apprenticeships, broken down by consortia and craft; the total number of consortia and craft apprentices currently registered; the number of apprentices currently waiting to access off-site training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16159/24]

European Investment Bank

Rose Conway-Walsh

283. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the total loans drawn down by Ireland from the European Investment Bank in each of the past ten years in tabular form; to specify the purpose and amount of each loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13839/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

301. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance to outline the multiplier applied to public expenditure, particularly capital expenditure, by his Department to estimate economic growth in both GDP and GNI* terms when preparing economic projections, and use an example of how the multiplier is applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14705/24]

Economic Growth

Rose Conway-Walsh

302. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance to outline how the Department converts projected economic growth and government expenditure into numbers of people projected to be in employment when preparing economic projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14706/24]

Economic Growth

Rose Conway-Walsh

303. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance to outline how his Department converts projected economic growth and government expenditure into projected tax revenue when preparing economic projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14707/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

336. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the payment request made by Ireland regarding the Recovery and Resilience Fund is still active, or whether it was cancelled following the submission of a modified plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13840/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

349. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 20 March 2024, if the investment projects and programmes tracker is not regularly updated; when the tracker will next be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14368/24]

Exchequer Payments

Rose Conway-Walsh

350. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 20 March 2024, if the anticipated total cost to the Exchequer listed include projections of increases due to indexation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14371/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

360. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide new capital ceilings for each Department for 2024, 2025 and 2026 accounting for the allocation of the €2.25 billion in windfall capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14954/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

361. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he will publish updated departmental capital ceilings for each Department for the second half of the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14955/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

362. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of the amount of the €2.25 billion windfall capital that will be used for new projects and the amount that will be earmarked to address construction inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14956/24]

Energy Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

379. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the targets for commercial building emission reductions and energy targets; the steps being taken to achieve this target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14260/24]

Schools Building Projects

Rose Conway-Walsh

445. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education to outline what progress has been made for the relocation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14132/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

647. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 708 and 709 of 20 March, the percentage of the unitary payment for social housing PPP bundles 1 and 2 that is indexed or understood to be allocated towards operational costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14369/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

648. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when information on the anticipated total cost to the Exchequer of PPP bundles 3 to 7 will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14370/24]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

687. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost to the Exchequer resulting from funding the Land Development Agency either directly or indirectly through other public bodies such as the ISIF each year since 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15005/24]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

688. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the impact on the Exchequer of the Government decision in 2023 to provide the Land Development Agency with an additional €1.25 billion in funding through the ISIF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15006/24]

Courts Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

877. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 967 of 20 March 2024, in relation to the Criminal Court Complex and PPP Courts bundle, to provide the share of the anticipated total cost to the Exchequer that is assumed to cover services costs after construction; what share of the unitary payment is subject to review and increase to cover inflation; if the anticipated total cost to the Exchequer takes inflation related reviews of unitary payments into account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14367/24]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

1453. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to expediting the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14634/24]

Health Service Executive

Rose Conway-Walsh

1467. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish its 2024 capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14704/24]

Rural Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1712. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline in detail the stage process of allocating LEADER funding to local action groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13612/24]

Rural Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1713. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the procedure for selecting the independent selection committee that reviews all strategies developed by local action groups for LEADER funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13613/24]

Rural Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1714. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the appeals procedure for local action groups following an unsuccessful application for LEADER funding following the completion and submission of a strategy to the Independent Selection Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13614/24]

Rural Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1715. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if local action groups are entitled to all information on the assessment of their application particularly in relation to the work of the Independent Selection Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13615/24]

Rural Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1716. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that neither South West Mayo Development Company nor Mayo North East LEADER Partnership met the necessary threshold for a successful application for LEADER funding following their submission of a strategy of the Independent Selection Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13616/24]

Legislative Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

41. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3506/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

191. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 182 to 184 of 17 October 2023, to provide further details on the non-core capital expenditure above the additional capital from windfall receipts outlined in the summer economic statement; if is all Exchequer expenditure; the Department allocated the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13426/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

192. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the non-Exchequer State expenditure on capital since 2021; projections into the future, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13427/24]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

40. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the breakdown of expenditure from the shared island unit, broken down by year and Department since 2020, and by the revised estimates for projected expenditure for 2024, in tabular form. [12162/24]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

41. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown of each project and funding announced on 20 February 2024 to be funded from the shared island unit; the details of the amount of funding allocated in 2024; and the funding needs projected into the future to for the projects. [12163/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

45. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach to provide details on all planned PPP projects and ongoing PPP contracts; the status of each project; the anticipated or known capital cost; the anticipated or known cost to the Exchequer over the lifetime of the contracts; and the annual total payment of PPP unitary charges and the percentage share of the total capital budget for his Department and all public bodies under the aegis of his Department [13204/24]