226. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has met the CEOs of Dublin Bus and a company (details supplied) since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10424/25]
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227. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the community involvement scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10425/25]
228. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to improve access to high-capacity electric vehicle charging infrastructure in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10426/25]
229. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of high-capacity electric-vehicle charging points, broken down by county, in each of the years 2019 to date; his plans to expand this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10427/25]
230. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to develop light rail in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10428/25]
231. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the details of costings provided to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in the context of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 review conducted earlier in 2025; and if he will provide a breakdown of each project and its projected cost in each of the years 2025 to 2030. [10429/25]
232. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on the continual issue with Irish Rail in Dublin in relation to late and overcrowded trains, as passengers are cramped and unsafe; the plans to supply a service that is fit for capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10430/25]
233. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of trebling the number of publicly available charging points, based on the average cost to date, if future projections are not available. [10431/25]
234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of funding allocated to Kerry Airport in each of the years 2016 to date, in tabular form. [10432/25]
235. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if additional funding will be provided this year to local authorities for the repair of local and regional roads due to damage caused by recent heavy rainfall and storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10542/25]
236. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance to review a case in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10250/25]
237. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a lower corporation tax for small Irish businesses with profits below €100,000 per year to help generate more indigenous enterprise. [10245/25]
238. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in particular those concerned with the transposition and or implementation of further implementation of EU law requirements; those Statutory Instruments concerned with commencement of existing legislation; and if he wi…
239. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date in 2025 that have applied for flat rate expenses (FRE) following the introduction of the requirement to submit a claim for these expenses; the numbers in each staff category who have applied in 2025; the numbers in each staff category who were in receipt of FRE in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10388/25]
240. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a windfall tax on energy generators in response to rising wholesale prices in the gas and electricity market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10405/25]
241. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to address increasing insurance costs across a number of different products, including motor, home and business insurance; the level of oversight that exists on insurance companies; and if he will provide details of the increased premium costs, in percentage terms, in recent years across a number of the main insurance products. [10436/2…
242. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated for the 2025 tax year; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the numbers in each staff category, including but not limited to, nurses, teachers, construction workers, hospitality industry workers, shop workers, and bus drivers; and if he will make a statement on the …
243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated; if he will provide a breakdown for the numbers in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/25]
244. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he has outlined at the European Council the need to ensure that the day-to-day supervision of the European Union’s insurance industry remains the exclusive competence of national competent authorities appointed by each member state under national law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10495/25]
245. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that any measures increasing the powers of the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) regarding cross border insurance sales contain legal guarantees that national parliaments have the right to access all material produced by, or shared with, EIOPA in the exercise of such powers; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
246. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers who received flat-rate expenses in 2023; and to provide a breakdown of these in each category, in tabular form. [10536/25]
247. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the number of workers to date who have applied to have their flat-rate expenses reinstated; and to provide a breakdown of these in each category, in tabular form. [10537/25]
248. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the full amount expended on the upgrade of a Garda station (details supplied); the works undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10302/25]
249. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will review the recommendations contained within Circular 05/2015 regarding the day subsistence allowance, and, in light of the nature of the work involved, consider exempting emergency personnel of the National Ambulance Service from the requirement to be further than eight km away from their base ov…
250. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in particular those concerned with the transposition and or implementation of further implementation of EU law requirements; those Statutory Instruments concern…