Questions

226. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing a revised licensing process to support returning Irish citizens and new residents from countries such as the United States and Canada, including the option to permanently convert valid licences subject to conditions such as passing the learner theory test, enhanced instruction hours, and verification of driving history; and if…

227. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will review current licensing policies for drivers from non-EU Member States with no reciprocal agreements, with a view to implementing a pathway that ensures road safety while supporting mobility and economic integration, particularly for returning emigrants and skilled new residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33450/25]

228. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of people working full-time and part-time in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department in roles that are fully on-site, hybrid, or fully remote from 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33510/25]

229. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance to outline the engagement he has had with a company (details supplied) in view of their closure announcement; the affirmative action the Government will take to ensure the company comply with their capital gains obligations around intellectual property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33306/25]

230. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered any proposals to introduce and incentivise employee ownership trusts in Ireland similar to those available in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33309/25]

231. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the total additional amount in additional revenue generated by alcohol companies on foot of the introduction of minimum alcohol pricing in each year since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33330/25]

232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 21 May 2025, if he accepts that the register of beneficial ownership has been effectively closed to all journalists; if he is aware than many countries in the EU have not taken the same approach in relation to the CJEU ruling mentioned; if he will bring forward new legislation to ensure journalists can access the reg…

233. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if there are plans to revise the rule in cases involving self-builds with limited mortgage borrowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33228/25]

234. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 10 June 2025, to outline, given the five tests set by Karshan in 2023 and given that the wages of home tutors are paid by her Department, the teaching hours are set by her Department and her Department is the one who exercises control, and the home tutors are not allowed to subcontract their work, whether the 2015 …

235. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Finance the measures currently being undertaken to address the smuggling of illicit goods, including drugs and tobacco, and to strengthen border enforcement. [33259/25]

236. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to replace the two decommissioned Revenue customs vessels, the Suirbhéire and the RRC Fáinne; and the measures or plans in place regarding the replacement of these retired boats. [33266/25]

237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is aware of concerns around VAT liabilities in an industry (details supplied); if his Department and the Revenue Commissioners have given any consideration to an approach taken to this matter by the national tax authority in another EU Member State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33270/25]

238. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if we will give detailed consideration to a document recently produced by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33300/25]

239. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the proposed introduction of a tax credit for gym membership or other physical activity-related expenses; if any assessment has been made on its potential impact on public health and activity levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33313/25]

240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance in situation where a legal title is owned by a credit servicing firm and the loan related to the same mortgage is owned by a special purpose vehicle, as is the case form many residential mortgages in the State, which legal entity determines the rate of interest to be applied to the mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33347/25]

241. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the total amount of capital gains tax paid by credit servicing firms and special purpose vehicles holding specified mortgages each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/25]

242. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if credit services firms as only the legal title holder under current legislation are allowed to enforce a credit agreement including repossessions, to outline the legislation that provide credit servicing firms with this authority in situations where they are only the legal title holder but not the beneficial owner of the underlying loan of the mortgage; and …

243. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department is ensuring that people in receipt of social protection payments are taxed properly to avoid an underpayment of income tax and receiving an underpayment bill from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33377/25]

244. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance to give serious consideration to introducing tax credit increases for separated fathers who are financially supporting their children through maintenance payments and other weekly costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33407/25]

245. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of the future Ireland fund and the infrastructure, climate and nature fund that are invested in debt instruments of other countries such as bonds; the share of each fund invested in this manner; to provide a list of all countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33413/25]

246. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the number of people working full-time and part-time in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department in roles that are fully on-site, hybrid, or fully remote from 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33501/25]

247. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the plans in place to improve the facilities at each Garda station in County Kildare; the timeframe involved in any such works; the cost of such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33233/25]

248. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason a legal executive officer cannot currently apply for a secondment to another role like all other staff grades; and the reason that some grades can apply for secondments, and some cannot, contributing to a loss of opportunity based on ambiguous rules. [33246/25]

249. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Office of Public Works has the responsibility for the section of the Clarin River that runs through Ballyboggan, Athenry County Galway; if he is aware that approximately 15 homes in this area are at serious risk of flooding and that, in the event of such a flood, residents would be effec…

250. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the grades of former civil servants that are having their pension deductions assessed for possible anomalies and if these former civil servants have or will receive official notification that their pension deductions are subject to such assessment. [33463/25]