176. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that legislation entitling households to a brown bin which came into effect on 1 January 2024 is being ignored by waste companies (details supplied) who, despite being asked have not provided customers with brown bins, as per the legislation; the action he intends to take to ensure companies comply with this; …
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177. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details on the amount of renewable gas purchased by State agencies in each of the last five years, including the percentage of renewable gas in relation to their total gas consumption, and to outline any plans to increase the use of renewable gas in state agencies. [16448/25]
178. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Climate Action Fund - Strand 1: Community Climate Action Programme – Building Low Carbon Communities, will be available in 2025; how much will be provided in the fund, and when will applications open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16479/25]
179. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current and capital budget allocation to the National Cyber Security Centre in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [16485/25]
180. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update in relation to a matter (details supplied). [16449/25]
181. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for the latest update on the roll out of free public transport for children aged from 5 to 8 years-old; the expected timeline for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16338/25]
182. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the senior SmartPass is valid on all TFI bus routes (details supplied) including rural transport, and valid for free public transport journeys taken entirely within the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16371/25]
183. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if an incident in which an Irish citizen was denied boarding a flight (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16374/25]
184. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision to provide State funding for the runway extension at Waterford Airport; the factors that remain under consideration by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16394/25]
185. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to give a specific timeframe as to when the N70 Ring of Kerry national secondary road and footpath through Cahersiveen town will be upgraded, given that the residents and local businesses are at the end of their tether in relation to the treacherous condition of this road and footpath, and exhausted from reporting these dangerous conditions that they have ex…
186. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the capital carryover in his Department in each of the years 2015 to date; the proportion of the total capital allocation that had to be carried in each of those years; the proportion of the capital allocation of that year that was carried over from the previous year; the reasons for capital carryover in each of those years; the measures he is …
187. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the steps the NTA and Iarnród Eireann are currently taking to ensure that the new DART carriages fully cover the gap between the DART and platform at all DART stations prior to the new carriages coming into service next year. [16486/25]
188. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff, by job title and gender, currently working within the sales and marketing department of Dublin Airport Authority. [16487/25]
189. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16337/25]
190. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s plans to increase the relief rate payment under the help-to-buy scheme beyond €30,000; if so, when he envisages such a change will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/25]
191. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance when the appeals board for those refused the primary medical certificate will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16402/25]
192. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the impact of US tariffs on the public finances; the preparations he is making to secure the public finances in regard to the potential impact of tariffs on the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16459/25]
193. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the date the VAT rate will be reduced to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9658/25]
194. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Finance if he would report on his meeting with the president of the European Central Bank which took place during his Saint Patrick’s Day mission to Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16386/25]
195. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Finance if he would report on his meeting with the German Minister for Finance as part of his Saint Patrick’s Day trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16387/25]
196. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to provide for each year from 2020 to date, the number of complaints received by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; the number of complaints determined; the number of complaints remaining open at the end of each year; and the average wait time from receipt of complaint to determination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16445/25]
197. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the measures he proposes to take to amend Ireland's obligations under Prospectus Regulation 2017/1129 and ensure that all securities licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland are not used for the financing of war efforts in Israel or any other country in the world and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/25]
198. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the inheritance tax exemption under the current inheritance tax policy in respect of individuals without children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16538/25]
199. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will detail the cost of all State rental contracts of private property in the past year. [15640/25]
200. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has engaged with representatives of the Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána, fire brigades, or prison officers since January 2024 on the issues with the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension scheme for uniformed services recruited after 2013, if he will provide the dates …