Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Sector Pay

Colm Burke

340. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will restore parity to the fees payable to criminal barristers in the same way that it has been restored to all other public sector employees given the review carried out in July 2018 by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Department of Justice in respect of the work undertaken by criminal barristers and the conclusion in relation 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. [37037/22]

Departmental Consultations

Alan Dillon

341. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the public consultation process on supplementary information provided by his officials on a project (details supplied); and when he expects a decision in respect of the scheme. [37047/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Mairéad Farrell

342. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that there has been no change in the expenditure forecast in relation to budgetary decisions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37140/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mairéad Farrell

343. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source that the funds for additional inflation-related costs are drawn from in the Inflation Cooperation Framework; the amount that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37157/22]

Budget 2023

Mairéad Farrell

344. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the annual priority reserve of €51 million in 2023 will not be used as a resource for overspends in Budget 2023 given that it is stated in page 44 of the National Development Plan that the reserve is not intended as a resource to meet any potential overspends or cost inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37158/22]

Departmental Contracts

Carol Nolan

345. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any point from 1 January 2020 to date; the costs associated with or incurred by the provision of services from these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37288/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

346. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the move-in date of An Garda Síochána personnel to the command and control facility at Heuston Station; the status of works at Phoenix House; the costs expended on same to date; the status of the works on Block-J; the costs expended on same to date; and the schedule of locations to include costs that are part of the contingency planning in respect of the anticipated need for additional demand for garda accommodation. [37535/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of planned cell refurbishment works for 2022 and 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of completed cell refurbishment works by location and final completion costs. [37537/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

348. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all OPW and joint-OPW projects that are in arbitration and or conciliation; and the costs associated with same. [37538/22]

Public Sector Pay

Mairéad Farrell

349. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated first-year and full-year cost of bringing all public service workers up to the living wage of €12.17 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37617/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mairéad Farrell

350. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the area from which the additional capital expenditure arising from the Inflation Co-operation Framework will be drawn in relation to the Summer Economic Statement Table 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37825/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mairéad Farrell

351. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if capital cover over will be used to cover the additional costs in relation to the additional capital expenditure incurred from the establishment of the Inflation Cooperation Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37826/22]

Public Sector Pay

Mairéad Farrell

352. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the area from which funding will be drawn if the funding for the new public sector pay deal is not baselined in the Summer Economic Statement Table 1 budgetary decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37827/22]

Ukraine War

Mairéad Farrell

353. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are restrictions for the use of funds in relation to the Summer Economic Statement Table 5 Ukrainian Humanitarian Contingency; if the expenditure outlined therein can be used for non-humanitarian purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37828/22]

Departmental Funding

Ged Nash

354. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of unspent money contained in the Covid Contingency Fund as of 30 June 2022; the estimated expenditure from the fund on the provision of supports and services to refugees from Ukraine and Covid-19 related expenditure to 31 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37875/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

355. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 21 April 2021, if he will provide an update in respect of the schedule of the 40 former Garda stations that were flagged for disposal and or alternative use; the company that will be used to conduct the planned auctions; and if he will provide a further schedule of the stations that will be included in the auction; and the outcome and amounts realised by those auctions that have taken place. [37936/22]

Flood Risk Management

Johnny Mythen

356. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme for the river Slaney County Wexford. [37975/22]

Protected Disclosures

Ged Nash

357. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the provisions providing protection to volunteers will be formally commenced on enactment of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill, 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38033/22]

Waterways Issues

Christopher O'Sullivan

358. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the works that are required to reopen the river walkway in Bandon, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38073/22]

Flood Risk Management

Peadar Tóibín

359. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts that are being undertaken by the State to expand flood-relief measures beyond built-up areas in County Wexford to support low-lying houses in the area which are at risk from flooding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/22]

Brexit Supports

John McGuinness

191. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of funding in the Brexit reserve fund (details supplied); the way that it has been allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36881/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

192. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to assist with the reconstitution of the building of an organisation (details supplied). [36776/22]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

193. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 30 June 2022, the reason that one gate remains open at Athlone weir and five gates remain closed at Meelick weir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36891/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Róisín Shortall

194. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to develop a new payment scheme for public service workers suffering from long-Covid who do not work in healthcare, following the end of the special leave with pay scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36954/22]

Public Sector Staff

Michael Ring

45. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body under the remit of his Department, including details for persons employed in any format such as on a contract or advisory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36304/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

46. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a project (details supplied) has planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36328/22]

Departmental Policies

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

47. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an impact assessment has been carried out on other related existing businesses performing similar functions as a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36330/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

48. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a project (details supplied) commenced; the amount that has been spent to date by the State on the project; the costs to the State of arbitration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36331/22]

Ukraine War

Carol Nolan

49. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the work of the Office of Public Works in managing the roll-out of the pilot programme involving site preparation and the acquisition and installation of modular units to house Ukrainian arrivals; the total funding allocated by his Department to acquire and install the modular units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36359/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Mark Ward

50. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has plans to review current pension abatement arrangements for ex-Defence Forces personnel who on completion of service take up employment in another area of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36570/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Mark Ward

51. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public service roles that are excluded from current pension abatement arrangements for public service staff who complete their employment in one area of the public sector and who on completion of service take up employment in another area of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36571/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Mark Ward

52. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are excluded from current pension abatement arrangements for public service staff who complete their employment in one area of the public sector and who on completion of service take up employment in another area of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36572/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

53. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if special leave with pay will continue from 1 July 2022 for cases of long Covid-19 beyond the period of isolation; the number of front-line workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36576/22]

Budget Process

Pat Buckley

54. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget 2023 submission from an organisation (details supplied) asking for an investment of €941,000 for in-home care, outreach care and mental health supports for children and adults with epidermolysis bullosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36598/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

55. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in receipt of special leave with pay on 30 June 2022; the number in receipt of this payment for two weeks or more on 30 June 2022; the number in receipt of this payment for 12 weeks or more on 30 June 2022; the additional supports being put in place for staff who contracted Covid-19 in their employment and who are now suffering from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36643/22]

Appointments to State Boards

Michael Ring

190. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and chief executive officers of local authorities who are currently on each of the State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33858/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Rose Conway-Walsh

191. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if women civil servants employed prior to 1981 are required upon retirement to pay contributions owed to the Civil Service spouses and children's benefit scheme for years of employment prior to 1981 from their lump sum payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35266/22]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

192. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or salary paid to full-time PhD candidates through these funding streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35436/22]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Fitzmaurice

193. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will ensure that for the winter of 2022, pumps will be on site, fuelled and manned by OPW staff at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon to save the houses that are in danger of flooding around Lough Funshinagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35473/22]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Fitzmaurice

194. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has in place to progress works at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon, in terms of appropriate assessment screening, planning permission and required legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35474/22]

Public Sector Staff

Holly Cairns

195. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on adjusting travel and subsistence rates given increasing travel costs. [35553/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

196. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of revenue generated from car parking charges, by location, in each OPW site in which parking charges apply in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [35769/22]

Departmental Bodies

Matt Carthy

197. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the anonymised salaries bands otherwise, the current remuneration and the proposed increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35857/22]

Public Sector Staff

Catherine Connolly

198. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review in relation to amending the occupational injury and illness scheme or public sector pay in relation to cases of long-Covid contracted in the workplace, particularly in relation to the possible recognition of long-Covid as an occupational illness or disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35925/22]

Airport Security

Michael McNamara

199. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of the additional Garda presence at Dublin Airport on the weekend beginning 4 June 2022 to supervise the security queues through departures has been reimbursed to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36131/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Patricia Ryan

131. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to end pension abatement for post-2012 entrants into the Defence Forces who take up a position in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35096/22]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

132. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that are being taken at present to protect meadows within the Shannon Callows from flooding given the expected fodder shortage this winter following the significant levels of rainfall within the upper Shannon catchment recently; the number of sluice gates that were open and closed by the ESB and Waterways Ireland on 24 and 27 June 2022; the number of boards removed at Meelick Weir and Athlone for June 2022; the corresponding water level reference point north of each location in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35153/22]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Jennifer Whitmore

133. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status; the person or body that holds primacy for accountability in those instances, whether the Minister or the Charities Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35013/22]

Civil Service

Patricia Ryan

134. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement the report of the independent body examining additional working hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35085/22]

Flood Risk Management

Thomas Pringle

135. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will increase funding to the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme given the identified level of need by local authorities for works in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35143/22]