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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
276. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to safe routes to school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31730/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
277. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the first and full-year cost of operating a catering trolley on all train services where it is available, by service in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31768/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
278. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the estimated / projected costs of all planned Luas and DART upgrades / expansions broken down by project. [31769/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
279. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to outline the funding allocated for EV grants for taxis; to outline the number of grants that have been provided, by county; to outline the average value of the grant, by county in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31770/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
280. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to improving cycling infrastructure in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31771/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the number of flights that have departed in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31773/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
282. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he will commit to the retention of existing vital tax relief and extend for the lifetime of this Government to give certainty to the agricultural community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31355/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to approving these changes. [31365/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
284. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the Attorney General's legal advice on the Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025 or a section of the Attorney General's advice detailing the potential for legal challenges against the proposed legislation. [31417/25]
Pat Buckley Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
285. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the betting tax in Budget 2026; and if he intends to use revenue from the betting tax to provide additional funding to soccer. [31437/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
286. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%; reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0%; and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €27,382 to €45,000. [31477/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
287. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 26 February 2025, if Revenue Commissioners require prior to the transfer of a pension within the EU, a signed declaration to the effect that the transfer conforms to the requirements of the regulation and Revenue Commissioners pension rules and is for bona fide reasons and is not the primarily for the purpose of cir…
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
288. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indicating for which Oireachta…
Marie Sherlock Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
289. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners have ended the annual VAT filing facility for micro SME’s with the introduction of a variable direct debit facility; if he accepts that this will increase business administration costs for small firms that are ordinarily tax compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31527/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
290. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 28 May 2025, if he will confirm that the substantial decline in properties declared as vacant for the purposes of the Vacant Home Tax is a genuine reduction in vacancy and not a decline in self-assessed returns submitted by property owners; to outline the steps he has taken to ensure this is the case; and if he will…
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
291. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 28 May 2025, to clarify that credit servicing firms, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, are allowed to own the legal title without beneficial ownership of the underlying loan related to the mortgage where the beneficial ownership of the loan is not with the original issuer of the mortgage; and if he will make…
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
292. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 28 May 2025, to clarify if a section 110 special purpose vehicle that has only beneficial ownership of the loan related to mortgages but the ownership of the legal title is a third party other than the mortgage originator is subject to taxation under subsection (5A) on section 110; and if he will make a statement on…
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
293. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the cost to reverse the carbon tax increase for petrol and diesel, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, as well as the planned increase in 2026, in tabular form. [31585/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
294. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the revenue earned from the carbon tax diesel, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31586/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
295. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the revenue earned from the carbon tax increase in each of the years since the measure was introduced broken, in tabular form. [31587/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total cost allocation for the rent tax credit in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31760/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
297. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of an €100, €500 and €1,000 increase respectively in the standard rate band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31761/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the estimated cost of an €50, €100 and €200 increase respectively in for each tax credit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31762/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the concrete blocks levy in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31763/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Finance
300. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated savings from removing tax credits from incomes above €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31764/25]