Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Ethics in Public Office

Mairéad Farrell

153. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail his plans to reform ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/23]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

154. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has in ensuring the national development plan fulfils required climate actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2365/23]

Interest Rates

Fergus O'Dowd

155. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the further measures his Department is considering in dealing with crippling rising interest rates, which are greatly affecting thousands of households across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1344/23]

Irish Language

Éamon Ó Cuív

156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he intends taking in 2023 to ensure more civil servants are capable of providing services through the medium of Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1371/23]

Ethics in Public Office

Peadar Tóibín

157. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review of Ireland's statutory framework for standards in public office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1602/23]

Flood Risk Management

Brian Leddin

158. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to the Exchequer associated with the provisions of the Arterial Drainage Act 1945; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2436/23]

Flood Risk Management

Colm Burke

159. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1916/23]

Ethics in Public Office

Mairéad Farrell

160. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the report of the Review of Ireland’s Statutory Framework for Standards in Public Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2277/23]

Heritage Projects

David Stanton

161. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 28 April 2022, the progress that has been made to date with respect of works to repair a property (details supplied); the works that remain uncompleted; the timetable for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2227/23]

Flood Risk Management

Joe Carey

162. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of funding that was allocated for flood relief schemes by local authorities in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1921/23]

Departmental Functions

Pauline Tully

163. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the transfer of the disability portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1589/23]

Public Sector Pay

Mick Barry

164. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered revisiting the current public sector pay, given the real difficulties that are faced in staff retention issues, which is having an impact on public services, particularly in health and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2252/23]

Public Expenditure Policy

Richard O'Donoghue

212. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can account for spending a record 21.5% increase in taxation revenues in 2022 (from €68.41 billion in 2021 to €83.13 billion in 2022) when it comes to delivering rural infrastructure and critical services across our regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2527/23]

Construction Industry

Fergus O'Dowd

213. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he and his Department are taking to decrease the cost of building materials, which is having a very negative impact on the construction industry and consumer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56965/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Frankie Feighan

214. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to sign and approve the 3% pension increase, backdated to 1 July 2022, for the over 15,000 pensioners (details supplied), as approved by the company some months ago. [2468/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

215. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the meeting between the community surrounding Lough Funshinagh and the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW on 10 November 2022, the steps that have been taken to date and the engagements with other State actors to progress a planning solution for the ongoing flooding and threat to homes and farmyards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2545/23]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

216. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the utilisation of reform is likely to continue with consequent benefit to the Exchequer and the consumer over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2580/23]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

217. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to introduce reform as a means of ensuring greater value to the consumer in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2581/23]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

218. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which each Department and those bodies under their aegis have observed the principles of reform as means of ensuring value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2582/23]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

219. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments that fared worse in efforts to ensure reduced costs through the medium of reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2583/23]