Parliamentary questions

Public Spending Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

229. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he can confirm that projects costing in the range of €100-€200 million will no longer be required to go through the external assurance process; if his Department will revert to conducting technical reviews of projects over €100 million not covered by the external assurance process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23923/23]

Public Spending Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

230. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he will publish the review of alternative dispute resolution provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23924/23]

Public Spending Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

231. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the annual value of EAP contracts in 2022 by Department; the successful external applicant and the value of each contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23925/23]

Office of Director of Public Prosecutions

Rose Conway-Walsh

232. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the allocated funding for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23927/23]

Public Spending Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

233. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the rationale for introducing the technical reviews conducted by his Department with external assurance process; if he will outline any research that supported the policy decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23929/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

285. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide in tabular form a list of all major public projects with an estimated cost of over €200 million at any stage of development; a list of all major projects with an estimated cost between €100 million and €200 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22545/23]

Departmental Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

286. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide in tabular form a list of all external assurance process reviews tendered for to date; the value of the contract and the name of the successful company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/23]

School Transport

Rose Conway-Walsh

313. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when she will publish the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22403/23]

Nursing Homes

Rose Conway-Walsh

624. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the public nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason the north west has been allocated less funding under the European Regional Development Fund, ERDF, programme despite the purpose of the fund being to address regional inequality and the north west, it being the only region in the State not classified as a more developed region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22172/23]

Flood Risk Management

Rose Conway-Walsh

3. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the steps he is taking to expedite flood relief schemes to protect residents, businesses and local communities at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22173/23]

Public Spending Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

5. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the planned reform to the public spending code, outlining how said reforms will achieve greater speed and efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22175/23]

Healthcare Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

42. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the electronic health record IT project, providing details on the potential risks to the health capital expenditure over the medium term, and the impact of contractual disputes in connection with the National Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22178/23]

Freedom of Information

Rose Conway-Walsh

53. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that public bodies do not use FOI refusals as a means to delay the release of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22176/23]

State Claims Agency

Rose Conway-Walsh

52. 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. [22003/23]

Public Transport

Rose Conway-Walsh

173. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to provide public transport links between Westport and Louisburgh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/23]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

174. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the make-up of the Coastal Unit Advisory Group, including the number of volunteers on the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21148/23]

Fiscal Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

210. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the debt servicing costs in each year since 2006, in tabular form; and projections of debt servicing costs into the future. [21150/23]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

220. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure mortgage holders, where their mortgage loan is secured against a property affected by defective concrete blocks, are treated fairly and transparently by lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21563/23]

Insurance Industry

Rose Conway-Walsh

221. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the reason insurance premiums are not falling at a comparable rate to the reduced cost of claims; the steps he is taking to ensure that savings are passed on to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21564/23]

Flood Risk Management

Rose Conway-Walsh

241. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the environmental assessments will be completed in relation to the River Deel flood relief scheme; when he will confirm the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21140/23]

School Transport

Rose Conway-Walsh

273. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the Minister for Transport to deliver public transport links between Westport and Louisburgh in order to support the student travelling from Westport to attend a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21142/23]

School Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

280. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the additional resources that are available for a school (details supplied); if she will consider providing a full-time EAL teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21296/23]

Social Insurance

Rose Conway-Walsh

407. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount stored in the Social Insurance Fund investment account; the amount stored in NTMA-issued Exchequer notes for the most recent five years for which data is available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21381/23]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

565. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total operational leasing costs of privately owned primary care centres each year since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21137/23]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

566. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average annual leasing cost of a privately owned primary care centre in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21138/23]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

567. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average capital cost of delivering an HSE-owned primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/23]

Medical Cards

Rose Conway-Walsh

569. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of people and the percentage of the population covered by medical cards in each year since 2006, in tabular form. [21151/23]

Medical Cards

Rose Conway-Walsh

570. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of people and the percentage of the population covered by GP visit cards each year since 2006, in tabular form. [21152/23]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

571. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of acute beds; the number per 1,000 of the population; and the number per 1,000 of the population over 65 years in each year since 2006, as national aggregate and by each CHO, in tabular form . [21153/23]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Rose Conway-Walsh

572. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the assessment of hospital-acquired infection; the comparative figures for other European Union member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21154/23]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

573. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of public and private beds in each public hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21155/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Rose Conway-Walsh

574. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the expenditure of the national treatment purchase fund in each year for which data is available; the number of patients that benefitted from the fund each year for which data is available; the number of patients treated in public hospitals and private hospitals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21156/23]

Nursing Homes

Rose Conway-Walsh

575. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the private nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/23]

Health Services Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

576. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of home help staff employed directly in the public sector each year since 2001, in tabular form. [21158/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

723. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Government expenditure on the free fees initiative contributes towards calculations of Government spending on research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21149/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

125. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the deflator that is applied to expenditure projections by his Department in order to estimate the cost of maintaining the current level of public services and benefits in real terms in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20370/23]

School Patronage

Rose Conway-Walsh

158. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to expand the provision of co-educational, non-denominational post-primary education in Westport, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20369/23]

Housing Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

222. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons who have received funding in County Mayo for refurbishments under the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20515/23]

Energy Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

102. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will tax the windfall profits of electricity companies for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19873/23]

National Broadband Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

132. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of connections under the National Broadband Plan in County Mayo; how that compares to revised targets; the sanctions against the contracted company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/23]

Wind Energy Generation

Rose Conway-Walsh

177. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the high-level offshore wind phase 2 ORE designated areas will be determined; if he will outline the criteria for determining the phase two ORE designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15993/23]

Civil Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

220. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total number and percentage of civil servants who retire at or above retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20074/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

221. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the potential role that the ERDF could play in financing offshore renewable energy port infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20075/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

222. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 20 April 2023, if his Department will monitor the inclusion of social consideration in regards to apprenticeship in public procurement to ensure that the information note leads to the adoption of this practice; if he will consider bringing in mandatory inclusion of social consideration in regards to apprenticeship in construction projects over a certain size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20076/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

223. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 20 April 2023, if he can confirm that he is unable to provide an indicative timeframe for the completion of the review of the capital works management framework which commenced in March 2019; if his Department required additional resources and staff in order to deliver this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20077/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

224. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 19 April 2023, if there are limits on the amount of ERDF funds that can be transferred from “More Developed” regions to the Northern and Western region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20078/23]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

236. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide dedicated Oireachtas Member contact details for all agencies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/23]

Local Authorities

Rose Conway-Walsh

295. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 20 April 2023, if he will instruct all local authorities to provide the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and so on, employed by each local authority to perform functions such as overseeing construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20082/23]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

358. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total number of DTSS contractors registered on the scheme in Mayo in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20080/23]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

359. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total allocation and spend on e-Health since 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20081/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

116. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; and the purpose and value of each contract [18740/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Rose Conway-Walsh

361. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider ending the practice of means-testing PhD stipends for recipients of one-parent family and jobseeker's transitional payments by implementing the same disregard she granted recipients of disability allowance and their spouses/partners in 2021; the estimated cost of implementing such a disregard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19155/23]

Education Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

642. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider expanding eligibility for the SUSI grant scheme to part-time and online courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19153/23]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

643. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of a 1% increase in the SUSI maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19154/23]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

20. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on any progress he has made in returning dentists to the DTSS; the total number of dentists in the system in 2020 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19034/23]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

72. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse cuts and increase the number of beds in community and district hospitals in County Mayo to address the issues of patient flow and delayed discharges from Mayo University Hospital, as highlighted by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18486/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

138. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify scoring under the scheme for farmers with commonage land where there is active turf cutting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

143. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18732/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

149. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18730/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

152. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18727/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

174. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18742/23]

Lobbying Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

194. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the lobbying register so that the lobbying of senior officials in bodies such as the Central Bank, ComReg, the NTA and the HSE which have significant policymaking or development functions will need to be reported on the same basis as central and local government, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18687/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

195. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18731/23]

Construction Industry

Rose Conway-Walsh

205. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and so on, employed by his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, to oversee construction projects on behalf of public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18722/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

206. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18737/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

207. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the benefits of establishing the Office of Government Procurement on a statutory basis; if he will provide a timeframe for establishing the OGP on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18743/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

208. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the OGP will produce an information note to give guidance to public bodies on how apprenticeships can be incorporated into public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18744/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

209. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the review of the Capital Works Management Framework which commenced in March 2019 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18745/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

211. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18729/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

225. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18728/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

237. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18741/23]

Housing Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

250. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Mayo in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and planned number to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18686/23]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

266. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and so on, employed by his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, to oversee construction projects on behalf of public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18723/23]

Local Authorities

Rose Conway-Walsh

267. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and so on, employed by each local authority to perform functions such as overseeing construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18724/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

268. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18735/23]

Departmental Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

296. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18739/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

307. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18736/23]

Departmental Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

320. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18725/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

347. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18726/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

379. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18734/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

414. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18733/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

416. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18738/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

43. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total investment that each NUT region will receive under the ERDF programme in both EU and Exchequer co-funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18501/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

44. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the rationale for designating the Southern Regional Assembly as the managing authority for the ERDF funding allocated for the eastern and midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18502/23]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the year each primary care centre was approved and construction completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18499/23]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the reason Claremorris primary care centre is currently without a GP operating on site; the steps he is taking to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18500/23]

Cabinet Committees

Rose Conway-Walsh

13. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [14963/23]

Departmental Projects

Rose Conway-Walsh

108. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the Strategic Foresight and Strengthening Policy Development research project, jointly overseen by his Department. [18103/23]

Departmental Functions

Rose Conway-Walsh

109. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the non-statutory public service modernisation, development and reform functions for which his Department is responsible. [18104/23]

Driver Test

Rose Conway-Walsh

245. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for a driver test in each centre nationwide; the average waiting time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16518/23]

Departmental Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

376. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the expected recommencement of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal since the last statement on 18 January, 2023; if the final two applicants have completed Garda vetting and been appointed to the board; if the board is up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16986/23]

Departmental Reviews

Rose Conway-Walsh

447. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the Public Service Transformation Framework will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

448. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the causes of the underspend in cumulative net capital expenditure of €1.6 billion or 19.4% behind profile of €8.3 billion; if he can provide updated figures on both cumulative net capital expenditure and profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17108/23]

Public Spending Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

449. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline plans and the timeframe to update the Public Spending Code to more fully incorporate climate impacts and indirect effects of policy decisions. [17109/23]

Public Sector Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

450. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of WTEs employed in the public service in each year since 2006 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17110/23]

Public Sector Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

451. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the gross Exchequer pay bill for each year since 2006 to date; and the gross Exchequer pay bill as a percentage of total Government expenditure for each year since 2006, in tabular form. [17111/23]

Departmental Reviews

Rose Conway-Walsh

452. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the overarching framework for Public Service Transformation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17112/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

453. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total expenditure through public procurement in each of the years since 2006, broken down by capital works and goods and services, and by inside and outside of central Government spending; and the total amount of expenditure through public procurement as a percentage of total government spending since 2006, in tabular form. [17113/23]

Office of Government Procurement

Rose Conway-Walsh

454. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he intends to progress legislation establish the Office of Government Procurement on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17114/23]