385. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61212/25]
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386. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to clarify issues in regard to the Finance Bill 2026 in respect of purchasing an apartment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61256/25]
387. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of Ukrainian vehicles that have been imported into the State; the number of Ukrainian vehicles that have been taxed in the State; the number of registrations for VRT that have been received from Ukrainian licence plates since February 2022; the length of time that Ukrainian vehicles are permitted in the State without being registered; if those drivi…
388. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the number, and the cost of disposal, of nitrous oxide canisters seized by the Revenue Commissioners, from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [61348/25]
389. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the number, and the cost of disposal, of vape products seized by the Revenue Commissioners, from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [61349/25]
390. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the level of foresight or future planning that operates within his Department; who is responsible for long-term planning; the input these individuals or teams have into Departmental policy and practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61661/25]
391. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to consider as a solution to the capital acquisition tax issue (inheritance) to classify the next-of-kin (details supplied) to be automatically promoted to ‘child status’ when it arises; the estimated cost of such a measure in view of the obvious discrimination given the drop from €400 thousand to €40 thousand in the allowance is incredibly big; and if he will…
392. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 4 November 2025, his views on the whether the local property tax is equitable given that it is based on property value rather than income; if he is concerned that it is overburdensome on people that live in high value properties with comparatively low income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61760/25]
393. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Finance to consider entering discussions with the childcare provider groups and for the issue of VAT and rates to be looked at with regard to be VAT neutral as opposed to being VAT negative (details supplied). [62040/25]
394. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a referral or request from the Tánaiste and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment following an oral question to him on 5 November 2025, regarding unresolved tracker mortgage legacy issues; if he has sought or received assurance from the Central Bank of Ireland that all tracker mortgage accounts, including legacy and closed accounts …
395. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department maintains any centralised data on the number, value, or type of post-award contract variations approved by contracting authorities across the public service in each of the past five years; and if not, whether contracting authorities are required to report such variations to th…
396. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has ever conducted analysis of post-award contract variations to identify trends, such as which categories of procurement, by CPV code or sector; and those most prone to variations, or which types of projects carry the greatest risk of scope change or cost escalation. [60933/2…
397. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60947/25]
398. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Office of Public Works would have an interest in acquiring a site in County Kerry, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60980/25]
399. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation far a breakdown of all the costs associated with the departmental reorganisations across the Government in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61054/25]
400. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will issue a tender for the provision of a mobile coffee and light snacks dock at a location (details supplied), prior to its reopening for the 2026 season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61126/25]
401. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Civil Service HR Analytics Hub, or any cross-departmental working group, maintains or plans to establish a longitudinal dataset linking State-funded higher education graduates with subsequent public sector employment and emigration data, to better understand return on investment in educa…
402. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether consideration has been given to implementing a 'human capital accounting' framework linking education and training investment per profession to subsequent employment, retention, and lifetime tax contribution to inform workforce planning and reduce talent leakage in critical sectors such…
403. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has modelled the return on investment of public education spending by tracking tax receipts of graduates over time; and if not, if such an analysis will be undertaken across Departments using Revenue and CSO microdata. [61184/25]
404. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61219/25]
405. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on whether organisations in receipt of public funding (details supplied) should continue to receive such funding when they fail to recognise or engage with a trade union representing their employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61249/25]
406. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the Garda House in Ballylongford, County Kerry will be put on the open market for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61251/25]
407. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if consideration is being given to extending the opening season for Athenry Castle, given the large number of visitors to the castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61460/25]
408. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress made to deliver a flood management solution for Bantry and, critically, an interim flood management plan to protect businesses and homes while long-term solutions are being developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61559/25]
409. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 4 November 2025, which requested a breakdown by Departmental vote of various aggregate amounts set out in Table 2 on page 12 of the Expenditure Report and his response, to correct and confirm each of the amounts contained in this table (details sup…