Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Flexible Work Practices

Bernard Durkan

518. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants at all levels, currently working from home; if adequate technical provision has been made to ensure the continued provision of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41853/22]

Public Sector Pay

Pearse Doherty

313. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of a new public sector pay deal, subject to the outcome of current public sector pay talks, will be funded through the €400 million of the €2.7 billion budget package to be allocated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39459/22]

Public Sector Pay

Pearse Doherty

314. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if payment of the Christmas bonus is factored into the 2022 expenditure ceiling as set out in the Summer Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39460/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Pearse Doherty

315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure allocated to demographics under the Summer Economic Statement, disaggregated by Department. [39462/22]

Environmental Schemes

Jennifer Whitmore

316. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of carbon tax ring-fenced on an annual basis since its introduction for environmental measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter [39522/22]

Health Services

Robert Troy

317. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an appointment will be expedited with community alcohol and drugs services in CHO8 for a person (details supplied). [38800/22]

Local Authorities

Alan Dillon

318. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on engagement with Roscommon County Council to mitigate the effects of an issue (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38874/22]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

319. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of funding remaining and unallocated in the Covid-19 contingency reserve for 2022; the amount that has been allocated by policy measure and Department; the amount that has been allocated for the expenditure relating to Ukrainian refugees; and a monthly profile of that expenditure relating to Ukrainian refugees. [38929/22]

Pension Provisions

Dara Calleary

320. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38957/22]

Pension Provisions

Dara Calleary

321. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of exemptions from pension abatement applied for and issued across all Departments under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012; the number of appeals to decisions made regarding pension abatement per Department and their outcome; and the annual full year revenue collected under the pension abatement arrangements. [38962/22]

Pension Provisions

Dara Calleary

322. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal challenges to date per Department to pension abatement under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38963/22]

State Properties

Catherine Murphy

323. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the sale of lands in proximity to Castletown house in Celbridge (details supplied); if the OPW intends to inspect the lands with a view to expanding on and protecting its own holdings in the area; and if he will provide a schedule of planned upgrades and additions to the existing Castletown house and lands. [38978/22]

Flood Risk Management

Dara Calleary

324. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the consultation process for the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; the number of submissions received by 30 June 2022; if he will identify the applicants; and if he will outline a timetable for the next steps. [38979/22]

Legislative Measures

John McGuinness

325. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that he has inserted an amendment to a piece of legislation (details supplied). [38980/22]

Legislative Measures

John McGuinness

326. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the contributions that this Deputy has made in Dáil Éireann with respect to the case of a person (details supplied) among others; and if the very late insertion of an amendment to the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 at s2B of the Principal Act was not a targeted measure to seek to deprive whistle-blowers, specifically including the person, of the protections which the proper transposition of the protections of European Union Directive (2019/1937) would otherwise provide in Irish law. [38983/22]

Legislative Measures

John McGuinness

327. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address matters in relation to legislation (details supplied). [38984/22]

Legislative Measures

John McGuinness

328. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that the constitutional provisions he has referred to in his representations to Seanad Éireann, Article 15.1.1 have the effect of depriving whistle-blowers whose cases are already before the Courts of the protections with respect to the extension of the presumption of causation specifically envisaged by European Union Directive (2019/1937); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38985/22]

Legislative Measures

John McGuinness

329. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter related to legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38987/22]

Flood Risk Management

Éamon Ó Cuív

330. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Minister of State at his Department or the Office of Public Works have yet convened a meeting with the Department of Transport and Mayo County Council in relation to funding the South Mayo flood relief scheme that is urgently needed; if not, when this meeting will be convened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39040/22]

State Properties

Catherine Murphy

331. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to refurbish the backyard area of a garda station (details supplied). [39273/22]

Budget Targets

Rose Conway-Walsh

332. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budgetary implications of drawing down funding from the National Training Fund reserve; the impact on Departmental and overall Government spend; the way that this would be categorised; the impact on the national debt given that the Fund reserve is currently invested in 0% National Treasury Management Agency Exchequer notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39360/22]

Public Sector Staff

Róisín Shortall

333. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to matters raised in a correspondence (details supplied) regarding the public sector transfer network agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39416/22]

Flood Risk Management

Noel Grealish

188. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the updated flood maps for the Carnmore and Claregalway areas will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38238/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

189. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38301/22]

Protected Disclosures

Catherine Murphy

190. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he represented that there is a constitutional impediment to extending the retrospective benefit of the reversal of the burden of proof with respect to causation to whistle-blowers who have cases before the courts (details supplied). [38316/22]

Protected Disclosures

Catherine Murphy

191. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the rationale for the insertion section 2B, a new subsection into section 13 of the principal Protected Disclosures Act 2014. [38317/22]

Protected Disclosures

Catherine Murphy

192. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and or his officials consulted with and or received requests from the Minister for Justice or her officials in respect of the protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 and or amendments to the Bill. [38318/22]

Brexit Supports

Mairéad Farrell

193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that was spent in 2021, in relation to the Brexit Adjustment Fund; the estimated total spend in 2022; and the breakdown of the drawdown from this fund by Department, disaggregated by current and capital in tabular form. [38396/22]

Inflation Rate

Mairéad Farrell

194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the estimated costs of the inflation cooperation framework have been baselined for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38401/22]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

195. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the LGBTQIA+ communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is no constitutional justification for failing to provide for the extension of the evidential protections of European Union directive 2017/1937 reversal of the burden of proof with respect to causation to those whistle-blowers with litigation currently before the courts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38456/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine a matter (details supplied). [38457/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

198. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied). [38459/22]

Semi-State Bodies

Ged Nash

199. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dividends paid by State owned enterprises in each of the last five years; the projected dividends to be received in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38614/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Ged Nash

200. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the €3 billion in the Summer Economic Statement related to already taken Budgetary decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38615/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Ged Nash

201. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific amount provided for in the in the Summer Economic Statement under budgetary decisions in respect of demographics; the details of the way that figure was arrived at; the breakdown of the projected need across all Departments; the amount that is required by the Department of Social Protection, Department of Health, Department of Education and Department of Housing to meet demographic needs; the underlying evidence for those figures in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38616/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Ged Nash

202. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the amount provided in the Summer Economic Statement under budgetary decisions for the full-year cost of measures announced in Budget 2022; the breakdown of those costs and each individual measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38617/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Ged Nash

203. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the amount provided for in the Summer Economic Statement under budgetary decisions for the cost of the existing public service pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38618/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Ged Nash

204. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the amount provided for in the Summer Economic Statement under budgetary decisions for additional capital investment; the breakdown of the amount currently allocated to each Department; the projected increase for 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38619/22]

Budget Process

Ged Nash

205. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional resources that are available for the allocation in the Budget if the spending rule of 6.5% was increased to either 7%, 7.5%, 8% or 9% respectively in tabular form; the impact on the Exchequer balance in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38621/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Ged Nash

206. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of spending under the non-core expenditure allocation of €7.5 billion in the first six months of 2022; the estimated amount that is expected to be spent on Covid-19 measures in 2022; if €0.5 billion will be spent on the Brexit Adjustment Reserve; the estimated amount that it is expected to spend under the Ukraine Humanitarian Contingency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38622/22]

Budget 2023

Ged Nash

207. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an equality budgeting statement will be forthcoming in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38629/22]

Budget 2023

Ged Nash

208. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of progress of a well-being budgeting framework; if the framework is set to be included in budget 2023; if not, the expected timeline for completion and operationalisation of this well-being budget framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38630/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

209. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38724/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

210. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38742/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

211. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a case (details supplied). [38783/22]

Budget Targets

Pearse Doherty

336. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the resources that have been allocated to demographics, public sector pay and existing levels of services and the National Development Plan, respectively in tabular form. [37678/22]

Tax Data

Matt Carthy

337. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the schemes, areas and projects to which funds raised through the carbon tax have been allocated by year to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37944/22]

Public Sector Pay

Colm Burke

338. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there should be a reversal of the cuts imposed by a Government decision that took place at the same time as the financial emergency measures in the public interest cuts were applied to public sector employees given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Department of Justice in relation to the work undertaken by criminal barristers (details supplied); his plans to address the professional fees of criminal barristers that are at 2002 rates given the 28.5% to 69% cuts introduced by the Government decision that took place at the same time as the FEMPI cuts were applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37035/22]

Public Sector Pay

Colm Burke

339. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if parity will be restored in respect of payment to criminal barristers in the same way that it has been restored to all other justice stakeholders given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Department of Justice in respect of the work undertaken by criminal barristers and the conclusion in relation to same communicated to his Department that the flexibilities in work practices undertaken by criminal barristers were akin to the flexibilities in work practices by public sector employees and State solicitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37036/22]