Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Sector Staff

Catherine Murphy

404. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests that his Department received from the Comptroller and Auditor General seeking approval for the recruitment of additional staff during 2022; and of the number of requests received, the number that were approved. [1212/23]

Public Appointments Service

Bríd Smith

405. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointments Service can adequately evaluate non-nationals applying for jobs in the public service who may have higher level qualifications such as level 9 and but not have an Irish Leaving Certificate; if any weight or account is presently taking by the PAS when looking at such applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1256/23]

Public Appointments Service

Bríd Smith

406. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the PAS compiles any statistics on the recruitment levels of non-Irish nationals in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1257/23]

Public Appointments Service

Bríd Smith

407. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if current employment practices of the PAS may be discriminating against highly educated non-Irish nationals in attaining employment opportunities in the public service, specifically in relation to the treatment of graduates from abroad without an Irish education background; if these practices are compatible with EU equality principles; if his Department has any plans to amend current employment practices in the PAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1258/23]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Healy-Rae

408. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify an issue regarding the cleaning of a river (details supplied in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1294/23]

Heritage Sites

Jackie Cahill

409. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts that have been made to improve the recognition of Kilcooley Abbey, Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, as a tourism and heritage location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/23]

Flood Risk Management

Éamon Ó Cuív

410. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works intends keeping the Corrib flood gates at Galway fully open for the foreseeable future to reduce the risk of flooding in the lower and upper Corrib basin due to heavy rains in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1359/23]

Appointments to State Boards

Carol Nolan

411. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all State boards, commissions or other such bodies to which a person (details supplied) has been appointed by his Department from 1 January 2011 to date. [1430/23]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Seán Sherlock

412. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1475/23]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

413. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name of the company, organisation or persons contracted to provide media training to him from 1 January 2021 to date; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1512/23]

Freedom of Information

Peadar Tóibín

414. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review into the workings of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [1571/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

415. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency co-ordination working group held its last meeting; if he will call an emergency meeting of the working group in view of the impending serious flooding in the Shannon catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1654/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

416. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the present discharge rate of water from Lough Derg via Parteen weir; and the corresponding discharge from Ardnacrusha Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1655/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

417. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 10 November 2022, if he will outline the conclusions drawn from his engagement with the OPW on the outcome of the legal analysis of the current regulatory environment regarding the management of the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1656/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Mairéad Farrell

418. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) has received the correct restorations to their public sector pension since their commencement of the pension in October 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1739/23]

Heritage Sites

Paul Kehoe

419. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the indoor and outdoor visitor numbers to the visitor centre in the Phoenix Park in each month from May to October 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1812/23]

Commemorative Plaques

Patrick Costello

420. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will arrange for the unveiling of a memorial in Kilmainham Gaol to persons (details supplied). [1902/23]

Office of Public Works

Michael Healy-Rae

421. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 4 October 2022, if he will provide an update (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1993/23]

Departmental Communications

Ged Nash

422. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a copy of the briefing documents prepared for the incoming Minister and presented to him by his officials on his appointment in December 2022. [1997/23]

Ethics in Public Office

Róisín Shortall

423. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the report into the findings of the ethics legislation review; the timeline that he is working towards in bringing forward new legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2185/23]

National Lottery

Bernard Durkan

424. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the highest possible prizes have been won by players of the national lottery in the past twelve months; the way that this corresponds with the number of times that major prizes were won in the previous year; the extent of the cost of advertising in the past twelve months and in the previous year; if the community receives 90% of the proceeds of the National Lottery as advertised on television; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2244/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Jim O'Callaghan

425. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when pensioners of Eircom will be entitled to the 3% increase in pension that was announced in July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2313/23]

Flood Risk Management

Brendan Griffin

426. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if sluice gates will be fitted at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2319/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Griffin

427. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a pension payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2398/23]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

208. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the projections for future growth in expenditure related to PPP charges that includes all planned PPP projects at various stages of development such as the projects contained in bundles 1 and 2 of the higher education public private partnership programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62865/22]

National Archives

Emer Higgins

209. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 8 September 2020, if his officials can provide an update on this search; if the search has been completed; if so, the items found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62913/22]

Flood Risk Management

Alan Dillon

210. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to approve the confirmation process for the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; when construction will commence on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62947/22]

National Lottery

Ivana Bacik

211. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need for the annual publication in a national newspaper of details of the disbursement of "Funds for Good Causes", in light of the report on the independent review of the allocation and utilisation of National Lottery funding. [63056/22]

Flood Risk Management

Richard Bruton

212. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the risk of flooding in Sutton and Baldoyle has been assessed a part of his nationwide flood assessment; if measures are being considered which would reduce this risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63092/22]

EU Data

Thomas Pringle

60. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid since the start of the 33rd Dáil term to the European Commission relating to cases for infringements of European Union law or failure to transpose EU law in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62426/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Smith

61. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that public servants who contracted long-Covid due to their work commitments and who will be unable to resume employment for a considerable length of time, if at all, will be provided with proper financial supports taking into account their employment income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62454/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

62. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62810/22]

Departmental Policies

Jim O'Callaghan

257. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61655/22]

Pension Provisions

Emer Higgins

258. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to backdate the pension payments of those who were retired during the banking collapse of 2007 and 2008 and who had their pension cut due to austerity measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61678/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Alan Kelly

259. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of modular housing units for housing Ukrainian refugees and or asylum seekers that were commenced under the contract signed with a company (details supplied) in each of the months from September to date in December 2022, in tabular form. [61710/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Alan Kelly

260. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of modular housing units for housing Ukrainian refugees and or asylum seekers that will be commenced this year. [61711/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Alan Kelly

261. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the contract with a company (details supplied) was signed for the construction of modular homes. [61712/22]

Public Expenditure Policy

Michael Moynihan

262. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action that he has taken to enhance and expand public investment since 27 June 2020. [61717/22]

An Garda Síochána

Martin Browne

263. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will raise the issue of access to the swimming pool in the Garda College with the Garda Commissioner given the lack of engagement from the Garda College in Templemore with the local community on same. [61725/22]

Public Sector Staff

Catherine Murphy

264. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies there are currently at clerical officer and executive officer grade; and the number of appointments at each of these grades scheduled in 2023. [61882/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

265. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated amount of money that the OPW will spend on the refurbishment and fit out costs to the new Garda premises at 13 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1. [61883/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

266. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the development of the National Children’s Science Centre at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 (details supplied). [61890/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

267. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is appropriate that the OPW will spend State resources to develop a new science centre at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 which will then be handed over to the National Children’s Science Centre (details supplied). [61891/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

268. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is engaging with commercial entities that may have an interest in the National Children’s Science Centre project (details supplied). [61892/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

269. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the credentials that the OPW believe that the National Children’s Science Centre has to run a science museum (details supplied). [61893/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

270. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projections of the OPW to demonstrate that the National Children’s Science Centre will be financially viable (details supplied). [61894/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

271. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the OPW was in arbitration with the National Children’s Science Centre (details supplied). [61896/22]

Office of Government Procurement

Paul Kehoe

272. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Government Procurement plans to publish its approach and timeline in relation to the type of cloud services that are suited for central procurement arrangements; the nature of any such solutions; the timing of any such procurement competitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62146/22]

Flood Risk Management

Jackie Cahill

273. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 29 November 2022, the action that is being taken to address flooding at a property (details supplied) located along the River Clodiagh, in the Borrisoleigh area, which has caused damage to private property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62244/22]

EU Funding

Paul Kehoe

274. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if smaller size funding for local organisations of approximately €50,000 will be available under the new PEACE PLUS funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62272/22]

Parliamentary Party Allowances

Violet-Anne Wynne

275. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the parliamentary activities allowance is audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62346/22]

Oireachtas Members' Expenses

Violet-Anne Wynne

218. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose and dispensation schedule for the parliamentary activities allowance for members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61400/22]

Departmental Policies

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

219. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61429/22]

State Properties

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

220. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans that are in place for disused Garda stations, for example, Dalkey and Kill O’The Grange Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61430/22]

EU Funding

Alan Dillon

221. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flagship projects that will be developed in the western region following the announcement of €217 million in funding under two European regional development fund, ERDF programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61443/22]

Regeneration Projects

Alan Dillon

222. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the Northern and Western Regional Assembly will be supporting the sustainable regeneration of towns and urban centres; if this is in conjunction with the Government’s town centre first policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61445/22]

Public Sector Staff

Alan Dillon

223. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any flexibility with remote working for those employed in the public service who have medical complications and who want to increase their hours of remote working and continue carrying out their duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61504/22]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

224. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total annual expenditure on PPP-related charges; if he will outline the projections for future growth in expenditure related to PPP charges in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61508/22]

An Garda Síochána

Michael Lowry

24. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of licences that have been granted for the swimming pool at the Garda College, Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61122/22]

Commemorative Events

Joan Collins

25. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the latest update on the progress of the planning application for the new commemorative bridge and entrance plaza linking the Irish National War Memorial Gardens to Conyngham Road and the Phoenix Park; if the planning application has been lodged; if funding has been made available for a full procurement process; and if work will commence on the site before the end of 2023. [61202/22]

Flood Risk Management

Violet-Anne Wynne

190. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans that the ESB, the Office of Public Works and Waterways Ireland have in place to prepare for floods along the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61041/22]

Flood Risk Management

Violet-Anne Wynne

191. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €7 million allocated to remove pinch points on the River Shannon between Athlone and Meelick has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61043/22]

Departmental Offices

Carol Nolan

192. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any properties owned or managed by the Office of Public Works have been designated or refurbished as accommodation centres for those seeking international protection or to accommodate beneficiaries of temporary protection; if so, the location and details relating to same; the costs associated with the refurbishment of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60154/22]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Healy-Rae

193. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if work on land belonging to a person (details supplied) will be facilitated during the winter months rather than having to wait until the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60208/22]

Departmental Funding

Mairéad Farrell

194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total allocation of European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) for Ireland for 2021-2027; the amount of funding allocated to each NUTS 2 region; the criteria used to decide the amount allocated to each region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60272/22]

Flood Risk Management

Holly Cairns

195. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [60375/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60742/22]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

197. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basic salaries for TDs and Senators for each year from 1997 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60754/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Bruton

198. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sick leave entitlements of public servants who get long-Covid and if he plans to extend the leave period of support in light of the long-lasting effects which have been documented. [60850/22]

State Properties

Fergus O'Dowd

190. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the long-awaited transfer of ownership of the historic Westgate House, Drogheda County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59955/22]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Kehoe

191. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature of the work involved; the qualifying criteria that was applied to any company awarded such a contract in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60087/22]

Flood Risk Management

Cathal Crowe

74. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is responsible for remedial works undertaken on waterways in the Cree, Doonbeg area of County Clare in summer 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59582/22]

EU Funding

Mairéad Farrell

75. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total quantum of Ireland's allocation as part of the recovery and resilience fund; the total amount drawn down to date; the date of the drawdown; the breakdown of same in terms of recipient Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59637/22]

National Monuments

James Lawless

76. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the case for the preservation of the social and heritage values of a national monument (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59645/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

77. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59661/22]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

78. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since 2015 to date, in tabular form. [59688/22]

Ukraine War

Joan Collins

241. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current estimated cost of supporting Ukrainian refugees in Ireland, noting that Ireland has contributed over €20 million to humanitarian aid to Ukraine and has also committed the EU to almost €1 billion in further aid; and the financial support available to Ireland from the EU to reimburse the cost of supporting Ukrainian refugees in Ireland given that the EU has also committed to billions more in lethal military aid. [58924/22]

Departmental Contracts

Jackie Cahill

242. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning in his Department, the cost of private security in his Department; the number of private cleaners supplied to his Department to provide these duties as part of these contracts, and the number of private security personnel supplied to his Department on foot of these contracts and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58736/22]

Public Sector Staff

Mairéad Farrell

243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58758/22]

Departmental Websites

Colm Burke

244. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the timeline for making Government Departments and other public sector body websites digitally accessible to users with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58785/22]

Pension Provisions

Alan Dillon

245. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of increases that public sector pensioners will receive following the Government pay deal review; and if he will outline details of the lump-sum that will be backdated to February 2022 for public sector pensioners. [58848/22]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

246. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the recent increase of 1% effective from 1 October 2022 under the Building Momentum agreement due to retired civil servants who are on an off-point scale may not be paid until the end of Q1 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59058/22]

Public Sector Staff

Mick Barry

247. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies there are currently at Administrative Officer grade; the number of appointments at this grade planned for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59164/22]

An Garda Síochána

Ged Nash

248. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW and An Garda Síochána have identified a site for the development of a new Garda station at Laytown, County Meath; if he will confirm when construction work on the site will commence under the relevant capital programme; the year in which the building will be completed; the estimated total cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59225/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

249. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Departments’ services who are employed in his Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59297/22]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

250. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official Garda driver in his Ministerial driver corps; if VER payments have issued; and if any cases have been presented to the WRC to date on foot of the changes. [59364/22]

Flood Risk Management

Jackie Cahill

251. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action that can be taken on the River Clodiagh which has been flooding in the Borrisoleigh area in recent weeks and causing damage to private property given that it clearly needs to be cleaned and maintained in order to resolve this ongoing issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59383/22]

An Garda Síochána

Charles Flanagan

77. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date upon which it is expected that works will commence on the proposed new Garda station in Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58326/22]

Coastal Erosion

Pat Buckley

248. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the national coastal change management strategy steering group on coastal erosion at Pilmore Beach, County Cork; and the details of the plans for long-term measures to address this continuing problem which has only had stop-gap measures applied to date which have not provided lasting protection for the local coastline. [57528/22]

Pension Provisions

Alan Farrell

249. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail the considerations given by her Department with regard to individuals who have retired on a supplementary pension, prior to proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57638/22]

Public Appointments Service

Patrick Costello

250. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the Public Appointments Service continues to advertise posts that include a requirement that the applicant must be a non-EEA citizen who is a spouse or child of an EEA or Swiss citizen and have a stamp 4 visa, given that there is a requirement under law not to discriminate on the civil status ground, and that many non-EEA citizens can be resident in Ireland for many years in relationships with EEA citizens and on a stamp 4 and do not intend to marry and that Section 36(1) and (2) of the Employment Equality Act 1998 only permits restrictions from employment in the civil and public service on the grounds of residence, citizenship or proficiency in the Irish language and makes no mention of civil status being an allowable discriminatory ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57267/22]

State Properties

Pádraig O'Sullivan

251. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the use of a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will liaise with the relevant local authority in order to hand the facility over for community use given that it is currently unused and derelict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57277/22]

Official Travel

Carol Nolan

252. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57320/22]

Legal Aid

Niall Collins

253. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restore FEMPI cuts to the fees of free legal aid service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57358/22]

National Development Plan

Mairéad Farrell

254. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the full list of public-private partnerships that are currently agreed as part of the national development plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57466/22]

Coastal Erosion

Pat Buckley

255. Deputy Pat Buckley 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 Pilmore Beach, County Cork and to determine if further remedial works are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57527/22]

Office of Public Works

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

256. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time vacancies by job title currently in Kilkenny Castle; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57696/22]

Office of Public Works

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

257. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Kilkenny and Carlow Division that were refurbished by the OPW where the costs are in excess of €10,000 in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022; the nature of such works that were carried out at each station; if each capital works project is completed or still ongoing in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57697/22]

Departmental Reviews

Rose Conway-Walsh

258. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department will conduct and updated version of the spending review of apprenticeships published in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57717/22]

Office of Public Works

Richard Bruton

164. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work in which the OPW is engaged to develop a flood relief plan for the Clontarf seafront; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57183/22]