1. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of the ongoing retention of a person (details supplied); the actions he will take to encourage the British government to increase its diplomatic efforts in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38124/25]
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2. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of foreign birth register applications that have been made from persons residing in the USA in the past five years, including this year to 30 June 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38278/25]
3. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of the concerns of the liquid fuel home heating sector that the obligation rates planned for the forthcoming renewable heat obligation are too low to have a meaningful impact on carbon emissions and its view that a more ambitious target of a 20% blend would be equivalent to deploying 160,000 heat pumps overnight, but at cu…
4. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 25 June 2025, if he will provide further details, specifically, to name the range of stakeholders involved in discussions; if he will provide a timeline as to when the “active development” and report review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37987/25]
5. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of military attachés from foreign armed forces accredited to Ireland; the number that are military officers; the number that are civilian; when Ireland’s first military attaché will be accredited abroad; the length of time the project to plan for this proposal has been in train; if there are barriers to implementation; and if he will…
6. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to potential overreach and undermining of the sovereignty of EU Member States by the European Commission under Article 41.2 of the Treaty on European Union which requires expenditure from the Union budget for the purposes of operations with a military or defence implication are prohibited without unanimity at the Counc…
7. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport is he has considered the need to include commercial operators in the planned expansion of free travel or children under nine years old later this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38002/25]
8. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department have carried out an assessment on the number of children under nine years old who use commercial operators on a daily basis as a means of school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38003/25]
9. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out an assessment on the cost of expanding free transport to children under nine years old to commercial operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38004/25]
10. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out an assessment of how many additional children would travel for free if the under-9 free travel scheme is extended to commercial operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38005/25]
11. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to extend the 22.25 train from Galway to Athlone, which currently only operates Monday to Friday to include weekends or to provide any other late night train service (details supplied); if and when the National Transport Authority will address this gap in evening and weekend public transport provision; and if he will make a state…
12. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport when he will provide funding for the runway extension at Waterford Airport; if he will report on a recent engagement with the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38126/25]
13. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport if he has sought or received any further information on N24 or N25 upgrade projects; when he will sanction funding to advance these projects to phase 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38127/25]
14. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if bus services after midnight will be expanded into north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38168/25]
15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he accepts that Article 127 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union requires the Central Bank of Ireland to act with a view to contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Union as laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, including specifically the strict observance of international law; if he accepts that the sal…
16. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to support the hospitality sector by reintroducing the 9% VAT rate as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/25]
17. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance if, in light of the estimate of the €200 million cost of extending the current employer tax relief to the auto-enrolment cohort contained in the 2022 regulatory impact assessment of the Pensions Auto Enrolment Bill, this additional employer tax relief will apply to the auto enrolment scheme ("My Future Fund") when it comes into effect on 1 January 2026; and…
18. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the eligibility criteria for the home carer tax credit to extend entitlement to single individuals and non-jointly assessed carers (such as those who are unmarried, cohabiting, or single) who provide full time care to dependent persons; if a review or public consultation is planned in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement …
19. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if a property (details supplied) remains in the control of NAMA; if this is no longer the case, to whom the property has been sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38121/25]
20. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to provide data for the first six months of the year outlining the number of cigarette and tobacco seizures carried out by the Revenue Commissioners; to provide a breakdown on the location of each seizure, by county; to provide the value of each seizure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38192/25]
21. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance whether a recalibration of the capital gains tax regime will be introduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38244/25]
22. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to investigate the delay in the signing of a lease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38015/25]
23. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Garda pension fund has current and previous investments in IPAS centres. [38021/25]
24. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he intends to bring forward legislative reform to strengthen the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Standards in Public Office Commission, particularly in cases involving potential interference in the democratic work of councillors; how the integrity of local government decision-ma…
25. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if there is a standard flood barrier height being delivered under the Midleton and east Cork individual property protection (IPP) scheme; if there are any exceptions to this height being considered under the scheme, particularly for those areas who historically have experienced the worst floodi…