Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Strategies

Bernard Durkan

246. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56678/22]

National Development Plan

Bernard Durkan

247. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in regard to the extent to which he expects the various targets in Project Ireland 2040 to be achieved on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56679/22]

Public Sector Pay

Bernard Durkan

248. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which any outstanding matters arising from FEMPI have been concluded or are in course thereof; if groups throughout society with increasing dependence on the satisfactory outcome of FEMPI restoration are satisfied with progress on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56680/22]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

249. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he remains satisfied that public expenditure and reform proposals are sufficiently embedded in the system in order to maximise opportunities that might emerge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56681/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Thomas Pringle

218. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a request has been received from Coillte to increase the pensions of past employees, given they have not received an increase since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55960/22]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

219. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55988/22]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

220. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the water levels on Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg were dropped to cater for winter flooding in advance of the significant rainfall experienced over the past number of weeks within the Shannon catchment; the level that each lake was dropped to; the date of the reading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55989/22]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

221. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the maximum volumes of water are being spilled from Parteen weir and through the turbines at Ardnacrusha; when the maximum throughput was achieved at both locations; the volumes involved at each location; if he will confirm that this is being maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55991/22]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

222. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most recent date when all of the sluices were opened and boards completely removed at Meelick weir and at the New Cut on the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55993/22]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

223. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the conclusions drawn from his examination of the legislative landscape and review of the current regulatory environment regarding the management of the River Shannon in line with his commitment to Dáil Éireann on 4 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55994/22]

Swimming Pools

Alan Kelly

224. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the swimming pool in the Garda Training College in Templemore cannot be used by local schools to teach local children how to swim, given they have done so for more than 40 years. [56078/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

225. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and locations of sites he has visited that could be considered for modular homes for refugees, Ukrainians and Irish social housing tenants, in tabular form. [56095/22]

Ethics in Public Office

Mairéad Farrell

41. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the review of public ethics legislation, ongoing since 2021; if he will make public the findings of the consultation initiated by his Department; if he will provide details of the timeline that he is working towards for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55680/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Bruton

42. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a payroll issue of a person (details supplied). [55747/22]

Departmental Staff

Mick Barry

43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants in his Department who are seconded to State agencies or other public bodies and in receipt of a higher duty or acting allowance; the number who have been seconded for more than ten, more than 20 and more than 30 years, respectively; if the higher duty allowance is not pensionable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55767/22]

Flood Risk Management

Éamon Ó Cuív

44. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when final flood maps and reports will be published by the Office of Public Works for the Carnmore and Claregalway area of Galway as these are required urgently in order that applicants have up to date data in relation to flood risk when making planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55789/22]

Flood Risk Management

Éamon Ó Cuív

45. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW intends providing funding for the cleaning of a channel (details supplied) in County Galway that was previously allocated funding that was never spent; if so, when it is likely to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55790/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Éamon Ó Cuív

46. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all pensioners who are getting occupational pensions from the Civil Service or wider public service and are not receiving the State pension (contributory) as they only paid a modified PRSI contribution while working and who are suffering like all pensioners from the effects of the increase in fuel prices and the cost-of-living, will receive a double payment of their pension this autumn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55811/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

300. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54222/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

301. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54240/22]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

302. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54397/22]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

303. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is the Garda authorities or the OPW that has the decision-making ability to reverse and revise the policy not to grant licences for use of the Templemore pool to commercial and profit-making groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54398/22]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

304. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is justifiable to potentially permit a group to offer lifesaving, lifeguarding, swimming, and water safety courses in the swimming pool in Templemore Garda college if they are not a commercial or profit-making entity, but to refuse a group the same licence that offers lifesaving, lifeguarding, swimming, and water safety courses in the swimming pool in Templemore Garda college if they are a commercial or profit-making entity, given the local need for these life skills and life-saving courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54401/22]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

305. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if solutions to the rising cost of running the swimming pool in Templemore Garda college have been explored with the Garda Commissioner, other than the closures of the pool, which will impact water safety for children in particular due to the inability to provide water safety courses locally, which has been the norm for over 50 years in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54435/22]

Local Authorities

Cathal Crowe

306. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the drainage responsibility for the Inagh river in County Clare was transferred at some stage from the Office of Public Works to Clare County Council; when and the way in which this happened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54470/22]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Ring

307. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the position in relation to a project (details supplied) following the feasibility study which was carried out by the local authority and funded by the OPW; when a meeting between the OPW and the Department of Transport will be arranged to progress matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54482/22]

Office of Public Works

Martin Browne

308. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the Office of Public Works will not allow a local commemoration group access to Roscrea Castle to mark the centenary of four republicans who were executed there during the Civil War; and his views on whether the OPW, as a State body, should support the efforts of local groups working to celebrate Irish history. [54605/22]

Office of Public Works

Mairéad Farrell

309. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the date by which the OPW's Flood Map report for the Carnmore and Claregalway, Galway area will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54688/22]

Climate Action Plan

Eoin Ó Broin

310. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all commitments related to his Department in the climate action plan; and if he will provide an update on the implementation of each of these commitments in tabular form. [54689/22]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

311. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will provide an expected date for publication of measures agreed regarding the requests from Department of Defence for extensions on the mandatory retirement age at current pay and conditions for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54722/22]

Office of Public Works

Claire Kerrane

312. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 20 September 2022, if a response will be provided to this query; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54782/22]

State Properties

Cathal Crowe

313. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the plans that exist for the Garda station in the village of Doonbeg that was shut down in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54839/22]

Office of Public Works

Brendan Griffin

314. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a contract (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54899/22]

Tax Code

Michael Ring

315. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale of new mileage rates (details supplied) in comparison to the BIK rate changes from January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54937/22]

Public Sector Pay

Jennifer Whitmore

316. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any plans to restore the daily rate paid for interview work to the pre-FEMPI rates given that all other civil service salaries and payments that have been restored; if there is a reason that a former civil servant working as a consultant on interview boards for the PAS earns a rate of €130 per day when other consultants doing the same work earn a rate of €150 per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54944/22]

Departmental Websites

Catherine Murphy

317. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will apply a fix to a website that is hosted by his Department (details supplied). [54994/22]

State Properties

Seán Sherlock

318. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the opening of Barryscourt Castle, in Carrigtwohill, County Cork. [55249/22]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Ring

319. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a scheme (details supplied); when the works will commence on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55281/22]

State Properties

Paul Donnelly

320. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the contract for the provision of restaurant/café service at Dublin Castle will next be out to tender. [55331/22]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Lowry

321. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a river will be dredged or if flood relief works will be considered at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary, in order to alleviate the flood risk to the surrounding property and lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55458/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

322. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55487/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

323. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works that the OPW plans to carry out at Garda stations within the DMR over the next six months; the nature of these works; and when these projects will commence in tabular form. [55514/22]

Public Sector Staff

Brendan Griffin

324. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that service by a temporary clerical officer (details supplied) in the public service has not transferred to a local authority; if the person’s service will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55543/22]

Office of Public Works

Éamon Ó Cuív

325. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the meeting that the OPW was to organise between itself, Mayo County Council and the Department of Transport in relation to the south Mayo flood relief scheme will take place; the reason for the delay with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55606/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

326. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the OPW completed its hand-over of the new Garda security and operations centre building on Military Road to An Garda Síochána. [55607/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has conducted works and or engaged contractors to carry-out works at a site (details supplied). [55615/22]

An Garda Síochána

Thomas Gould

180. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant and derelict buildings respectively by county in the ownership of An Garda Síochána. [54056/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Richard Bruton

181. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is possible for pensioners to get a printed copy of their civil service pension payments in the event that they are not available online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54011/22]

Office of Public Works

Joe Flaherty

71. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when planned work on the Garda station in Kenagh, County Longford, will be completed by the OPW (details supplied). [53639/22]

Public Sector Pensions

James O'Connor

72. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address the matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53661/22]