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Cathy Bennett Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
76. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport his proposals to promote, extend and increase usage of the Leap visitor card; if he will report on its level of usage to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15956/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
77. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport the amount allocated to County Cavan for maintenance and upgrades of local and regional roads in the years 2020 to date in 2025 by year and purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15968/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
78. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport the amount allocated to County Monaghan for maintenance and upgrades of local and regional roads in the years 2020 to date in 2025 by year and purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15969/25]
Alan Kelly Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
79. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the reason there are such long waiting lists at the driving test centre in Nenagh; and his plans to deal with them. [16150/25]
Alan Kelly Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
80. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport for a list of all meetings he or his officials have had with the Road Safety Authority since he took office, providing dates and attendees for each meeting. [16157/25]
Alan Kelly Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
81. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the plans there are to increase the age limit for permitting people to drive buses. [16163/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
82. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the contract for the new Enterprise fleet of trains will be awarded; when they are expected to be delivered; and when they are expected to be in service. [16185/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
83. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when red-light infringement enforcement cameras will be rolled out. [16187/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
84. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when bus lane infringement enforcement cameras will be rolled out. [16188/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
85. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport his views on the potential for extra train services on the Waterford to Limerick Junction rail line; the timeline for when these could be delivered given the ongoing delivery of new railcars to the Irish Rail fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16189/25]
Alan Kelly Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
86. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16212/25]
Matt Carthy Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Transport
87. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 5 February 2025, at what point his Department began its detailed examination in relation to a number of flights through sovereign Irish airspace carrying munitions of war, which occurred in breach of Irish legislation; the timeframe in which he expects to conclude this examination; if he agrees that such needs to be c…
Ruth Coppinger Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
88. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Central Bank is not acting in violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, given that the bank is facilitating the sale of Israeli bonds in EU Member States, despite the International Court of Justice ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide and the ongoing South Afri…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
89. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the local authority borrowing envelope or to separate local authority borrowing for housing projects from the overall borrowing envelope. [16186/25]
Albert Dolan Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
90. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Finance the reason for delays of several months for assessments of disable drivers and passengers scheme applications in Galway; the reason they are being offered alternative appointments in Dún Laoghaire, which many are unable to attend due to their disabilities: if consideration will be given to providing assessment clinics in Galway or alternative accessible locations…
John Brady Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
91. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the details of any engagement with Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) or hackman capital partners that he or his Department had relating to the Greystones media campus which ISIF has invested in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15990/25]
John Brady Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
92. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the details of any shares, including their value that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund have in businesses listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15991/25]
John Brady Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
93. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the detail of shares that Irish Strategic Investment Fund have divested from in 2023 to date in 2025 in businesses listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15992/25]
Barry Ward Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
94. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 25 March 2025, his views on whether existing age-based policies enacted by some insurance companies amount to discrimination under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15994/25]
Colm Burke Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
95. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance the volume of nicotine pouch sales recorded in the off-trade, by volume, and monetary value in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16146/25]
Emer Currie Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
96. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of how many of the 316 summary convictions at District Court level for tobacco offences between 2020 and 2024 resulted in the imposition of fines, a custodial sentence, both, or neither; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16184/25]
Alan Kelly Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
97. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16201/25]
Matt Carthy Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
98. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to the remarks of the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) had divested from Israel, if he will outline when ISIF fully divested itself from all companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16220/25]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
99. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on the risks posed by Government plans to increase lending by the banks to property developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16226/25]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
100. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a wealth tax in order to broaden the tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16227/25]