Parliamentary questions

Office of Public Works

Violet-Anne Wynne

290. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of qualified gas engineers employed by the OPW as of 31 December 2020 and 4 October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50072/22]

Heritage Sites

Michael Lowry

291. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 4 October 2022, the engagements that he has had concerning the OPW's engagements with the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage, Kilmainham Gaol and the National Graves Association on plans to move the remains of the Invincibles from the grounds of Kilmainham Gaol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50116/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

292. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Public Sector Staff

Alan Farrell

293. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to someone transferring from a public service position in the Prison Service to a State owned enterprise Dublin Airport Authority, if he will confirm that there is prior recognition of service meaning that the pay grade that they enter is comparable to their previous position; if any recent changes have been made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50140/22]

Museum Projects

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

294. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 4 October 2022, if there has been a competitive tendering process for the promotion of the proposed National Children's Science Museum; if there are any other promoters in receipt of "free of charge" licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50189/22]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

295. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that his Department will not permit public access to the swimming pool in the Garda College in Templemore, given that there is a long tradition in the town of locals and groups being able to access this very important local amenity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50242/22]

Departmental Properties

Holly Cairns

296. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under his remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50346/22]

Departmental Bodies

Michael Ring

171. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of employees in each; the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49191/22]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

172. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]

Civil Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

173. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is intended to announce further competitions to recruit general grade staff to the Civil Service with a competence in Irish as well as English; if so, the grades and numbers that are proposed; the date of the proposed advertisement seeking applications to these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49323/22]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

174. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will facilitate the establishment of a taskforce to address the ongoing flooding risks at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon as outlined in motion no. 152/22 on the Order Paper of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49334/22]

Departmental Properties

Róisín Shortall

120. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the BER rating of all Government department buildings in tabular form; the date each was last assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49100/22]

Departmental Contracts

Mick Barry

121. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49171/22]

Office of Public Works

Pádraig O'Sullivan

122. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 22 March 2022, when works will resume at a facility (details supplied) in County Cork under the ownership of the OPW; if he will provide a clear timeline as to when works will be completed; if there will be public access to the structure itself when the works will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48672/22]

Office of Public Works

Michael McNamara

123. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works for each month to date in 2022; the number for the same period in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48709/22]

National Monuments

Michael McNamara

124. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall annual cost of managing, maintaining and staffing the total number of national monuments in State care in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48710/22]

National Monuments

Michael McNamara

125. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total revenue generated from visitor entrance fees at national monuments in State care in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48711/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael McNamara

126. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48740/22]

Public Appointments Service

Ged Nash

127. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of recruitment campaigns that have been undertaken by the Public Appointments Service in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of recruitment campaigns that were due to be undertaken by the Service in 2022 and which have been postponed or abandoned; if he will detail these specific campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48782/22]

Public Appointments Service

Ged Nash

128. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in the Public Appointments Service in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48783/22]

Office of Public Works

Kathleen Funchion

129. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that visited Kilkenny Castle in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [48786/22]

Construction Industry

Jackie Cahill

130. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 8 September 2022, the name of the main contractor procured to deliver the installation of the modular units in order that building companies can express their interest to the contractor directly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48831/22]

Public Sector Pay

Patrick Costello

131. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will make a decision on the recommendations made in a report (details supplied) on the pay and conditions of secretarial assistants in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [48933/22]

Departmental Contracts

Bríd Smith

132. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such contracts since 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49003/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Ged Nash

133. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all the one-off cost of living measures announced as part of the €4.1 billion package; the estimated cost of each measure and the measures which will arise in 2022 or 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49027/22]

Budget 2023

Ged Nash

134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of additional supplementary estimates required in 2022 following the Budget 2023 announcements; if he will provide a list of each by Department, agency or vote; the estimated amount of funds required for each Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49028/22]

National Development Plan

Mairéad Farrell

78. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the national development plan; the impact of cost inflation; if he will provide a list of any projects which may now need to go back out for tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48646/22]

Budget 2023

Ged Nash

79. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has examined or requested a SWITCH analysis of the budget 2023 measures, excluding the 2022 temporary cost-of-living measures to be carried out; if he will provide a copy of any such analysis reviewed by his Department, for the distributional impact of the permanent expenditure and taxation changes from budget 2023 only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48282/22]

Public Sector Pay

Mairéad Farrell

80. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views relating to public pay. [48647/22]

Regional Development

Catherine Connolly

81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Ireland's partnership agreement for cohesion funding for the period 2021 to 2027; when he expects to bring the agreement to the Government; when he expects to publish the agreement; the details of any engagement that he or his Department has had with the European Commission on the recently reported downgrading of the northern and western region of Ireland to a lagging region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48382/22]

National Children's Hospital

Carol Nolan

82. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the engagements his Department has had with the Department of Health and other Departments regarding the way the increased costs of the national children's hospital project will be managed within the overall agreed national development plan capital allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48255/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Connolly

83. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that have been taken or that are planned following the analysis and conclusions of the spending review 2022 report entitled An Assessment of the Balance of Current and Capital Expenditure - OPW Estate Management Portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48285/22]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

84. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform remains a fundamental feature in terms of public expenditure and budgetary management throughout all Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48272/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

85. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that he intends to solve the recruitment crisis across the public sector in Dublin given the lack of availability of affordable rents and the high cost of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48394/22]

Living Wage

Ged Nash

86. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to ensure that all contractors that are awarded State public procurement contracts pay all staff a living wage given the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48279/22]

Budget Process

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

87. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Department or State agency that commissioned official promotional material in respect of budget 2023; the costs involved; if any special measures were requested in advance of the material to ensure inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48179/22]

Flood Risk Management

Alan Dillon

88. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline progress on the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48343/22]

Public Sector Pay

Violet-Anne Wynne

89. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected duration of the process to determine whether he will accept the recommendations made by a person (details supplied) in the matter of the secretarial assistant remuneration package in the Houses of the Oireachtas scheme for secretarial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48340/22]

Defence Forces

Thomas Gould

90. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of pay negotiations for the Defence Forces. [34158/22]

Budget 2023

Neale Richmond

91. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the cost-of-living supports announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48325/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Aindrias Moynihan

92. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of capital projects that have made an application under the Price Inflation Agreement; the value of each; the number of these applications that have been approved to date; the value of each approved application; the number of these applications that remain outstanding to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48276/22]

Island Communities

Brendan Griffin

93. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position on the provision of a safer landing facility at An Blascaod Mór; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48253/22]

Ethics in Public Office

Ged Nash

94. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans to reform the Standards in Public Office Commission; and when the Heads of the Ethics in Public Office Standards Bill 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48283/22]

Flood Risk Management

Brian Leddin

95. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of solutions identified to decrease the impact of seasonal flooding at Ballycar Lough (details supplied) on local land and strategic infrastructure; the details of such plans to implement the solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48341/22]

Public Sector Pay

Niamh Smyth

96. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on calls for pay increases to match rises in the cost of living; the way he will calculate the affordability of such calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48067/22]

Flood Risk Management

Pádraig O'Sullivan

97. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the selection of a contractor for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48152/22]

Flood Risk Management

Alan Dillon

98. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the Office of Public Works projects in County Mayo currently in progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48344/22]

Flood Risk Management

Holly Cairns

99. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [46990/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

100. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that he intends to solve the recruitment crisis across the public sector, particularly in the major urban centres given the lack of availability of affordable rents or house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48310/22]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact the Croke Park agreement hours are no longer in place; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for many employees in the public sector, the overtime entitlement is based on the rules in place prior to these hours ending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48393/22]

Burial Grounds

Aindrias Moynihan

102. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contact he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to re-internment of the Invincibles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48275/22]

Departmental Reviews

Ged Nash

103. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans in response to a spending review (details supplied) published by his Department; his views on whether the findings of the review would enable staff to avoid travel to and from the city centre on a daily basis and if there would be consequential savings in a reduced leasehold portfolios in the city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48280/22]

Agriculture Industry

Matt Carthy

104. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that has been allocated from the carbon tax to the agricultural sector to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48263/22]

Public Procurement Contracts

Brian Stanley

105. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's plans in relation to encouraging the implementation of social and green clauses in public procurement contracts across the State; and if he will provide an example of the action his Department has taken to increase the use of these clauses. [48207/22]

An Garda Síochána

Michael Lowry

106. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the development of a new Garda station in Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the further engagement that has taken place between his Department, the Minister of State at the Office of Public Works, the Department of Justice and the National Development Finance Agency for this development; if the commencement date for construction and completion date will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48277/22]

Island Communities

Brendan Griffin

107. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position on the preparation of a conservation plan for An Blascaod Mór and the provision of public conveniences at the same location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48254/22]

Budget 2023

John Lahart

108. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative total of spending measures in budget 2023, with a specific focus on tackling cost-of-living issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48229/22]

Flood Risk Management

Brendan Smith

109. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of the most recent discussions he or his Department have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland concerning flooding in County Cavan, which is caused by the River Erne; the measures that will be implemented to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48296/22]

Flood Risk Management

Steven Matthews

110. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the development of improved flood defences for Arklow town; if his Department is committed to having open public engagement on the proposed works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48284/22]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

111. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that realistic steps in terms of public expenditure and reform are being taken to facilitate economic progress and prudent fiscal management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48271/22]

Public Expenditure Policy

John Lahart

112. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has set aside a contingency fund for further one-off spending measures in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48230/22]

Office of Public Works

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

113. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed national children's science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48262/22]

State Properties

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

114. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the letting arrangements for Miesian Plaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48261/22]

Office of Public Works

Steven Matthews

115. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding works proposed for Glendalough visitor centre; if existing oil tanks are being replaced; if other non-fossil fuel-based heating methods were considered; if consideration has been given to potential flood risks for new infrastructure at this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48289/22]

EU Funding

Brendan Smith

116. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funding available for the PEACE PLUS Programme; when this programme will become operational; when community groups and statutory agencies will be able to submit applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48297/22]

State Properties

Catherine Connolly

117. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the modernisation of the office accommodation portfolio in line with the Office of Public Works estate strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48286/22]

Budget 2023

Neale Richmond

118. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the package of supports for community and voluntary organisations and sports clubs announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48326/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration he gave to expanding capital investment in areas such as housing, climate and energy savings prior to budget 2023 in order to reduce the need for large current expenditures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48395/22]

National Parks

Patrick Costello

120. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on measures the Office of Public Works has made in collaboration with An Garda Síochána to enforce the 30 km/h speed limit in the Phoenix Park. [48290/22]

Flood Risk Management

Matt Carthy

121. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocations provided to Monaghan County Council for flood alleviation measures in each of the years since 2017 to date. [48264/22]

Public Sector Staff

Brian Leddin

122. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress of the plan of the Office of Public Works to move Revenue Commissioners staff from Sarsfield House to the planned opera development in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48342/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

123. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the delivery of modular units to provide emergency accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. [33084/22]

Public Sector Pay

Violet-Anne Wynne

124. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process that will be employed in ascertaining the merits or disadvantages of accepting the independent review by a person (details supplied) in the matter of the secretarial assistant remuneration package in the Houses of the Oireachtas scheme for secretarial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48339/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and department staff for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [47919/22]

An Garda Síochána

Bernard Durkan

248. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which Garda plans for a new permanent station at a location (details supplied) are still being advanced; the status of the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48104/22]

Office of Public Works

Michael Healy-Rae

249. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views in relation to an overnight allowance in an OPW site (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48183/22]

Office of Public Works

Alan Dillon

250. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); if a contractor has been appointed; the timeline for when this facility will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48269/22]

Coastal Erosion

Cathal Crowe

251. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will urgently request senior Office of Public Works engineers to assess the works that were recently undertaken to arrest coastal erosion at Spanish Point Beach, County Clare and to determine if further remedial works are required (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48318/22]

Office of Public Works

Danny Healy-Rae

252. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a mural (details supplied); the reason that the mural was painted over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48324/22]

Flood Risk Management

Brendan Smith

253. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure consideration will be given to an amendment to the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 to include additional waterways, including the River Erne system in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48362/22]

Office of Public Works

Michael Healy-Rae

254. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an issue in relation to the provision of a vehicle storage unit (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48500/22]

Public Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

255. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to exercise the functions of reform throughout all Departments given that this applies to achieving the best possible results through this medium budgeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48661/22]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

256. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department can remain satisfied that public expenditure as announced in budget 2023 remains in accord with best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48662/22]

Pension Provisions

Catherine Murphy

124. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which a pension entitlement is calculated for a person who becomes a PRSI worker in the private sector following 35 years of pensionable State service in the Department of Defence, and subsequently An Garda Síochána, and who chooses to retire at 55 years; and if the matter will be clarified in cases in which that person becomes self-employed, following an example provided (details supplied). [47807/22]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Healy-Rae

125. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who is responsible for a stream at a property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47667/22]

Public Sector Staff

Paul Kehoe

126. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the opportunities available to public sector employees to transfer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47734/22]

Information and Communications Technology

Matt Carthy

127. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, the Office of the Chief Information Officer or the Office of Government Procurement provide any advice to Departments or bodies under their aegis with regard to acquiring or making use of advanced programming interfaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47772/22]

Departmental Strategies

Peadar Tóibín

128. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make a partnership agreement document and the accompanying European Commission assessment, which is referenced in a newspaper report (details supplied), available to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47785/22]

Public Sector Staff

Bríd Smith

123. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of employees in the public service and Civil Service by earnings in specific increments (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47401/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Bríd Smith

124. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify recent changes, if any, to the rights and procedures of retired civil and public sector workers to take cases to the pensions ombudsman; the rationale for these changes; if representative organisations were consulted ahead of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47496/22]

Departmental Bodies

Pa Daly

125. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of communications managers employed by bodies under his Department's aegis (details supplied); the associated grades of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47517/22]

Departmental Staff

Pa Daly

140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that vacancies for Higher Executive Officers in Government Departments are now taking applicants from the panel of Higher Executive Officers who are Irish-language speakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47101/22]

Departmental Staff

Pa Daly

141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the percentage of Higher Executive Officers appointed to date in 2022 who are Irish-language speakers; if he will also report on the percentage of Higher Executive Officers overall who are Irish speakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47102/22]

Information and Communications Technology

Matt Carthy

142. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer or Office of Government Procurement provide any advice to Government Departments or bodies under their aegis on whether future expenditure on software should include an application programming interface; if any such advice is provided by either office or department to Departments or such bodies with regard to the upgrading of existing systems to implement an application programming interface; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46602/22]

Flood Risk Management

Claire Kerrane

143. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on plans to resolve long-term flooding at a location (details supplied); the engagement that he has had with other bodies and Government Departments to date in 2022; his intentions regarding the next steps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46660/22]

Departmental Data

John McGuinness

144. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department receive reports from a company (details supplied) on the financial returns to its shareholders; if so, the amount in each of the years 2014 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46845/22]

Departmental Reports

John McGuinness

145. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of a report (details supplied) that was commissioned by him into the treatment of good causes funding in other jurisdictions and to undertake a consultation on same; the timelines for the publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46846/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Patrick Costello

146. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the pursuit training which park rangers receive and if he will confirm that the pursuit observed on North Road on 26 March 2022 of a car by a park ranger in an OPW pick-up truck was conducted by a suitably qualified individual and was in compliance with all necessary protocols and relevant legislation. [46854/22]

Office of Public Works

Brendan Griffin

147. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a contract (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46869/22]

Office of Public Works

Paul Kehoe

148. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the plans of the OPW for remedial works (details supplied) following the recommendations made in a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46872/22]