276. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance following on from the recent guidance from the Revenue Commissioners which provides employers an opportunity to correct any payroll tax issues arising from the Supreme Court Karshan ruling of 2023, the means by which the Revenue Commissioners will ensure that all employers who have previously classified their employees as self-employed are adhering to t…
Parliamentary questions
Questions
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
Browse the questions
976 questions match, newest first.
277. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar grade in his Department that have subsequently served on State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66005/25]
278. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any initiatives under review within his Department that seek to promote investment in the stock market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66052/25]
279. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the UK's Individual Savings Account (ISA) scheme; if a similar scheme could be considered in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66053/25]
280. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the existing level of deposit interest retention tax acts as a disincentive to investment in the stock market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66054/25]
281. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the existing level of capital gains tax acts as a disincentive to investment in the stock market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66055/25]
282. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66078/25]
283. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66096/25]
284. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of court cases involving home mortgages held by loan servicing companies who were conducting themselves as both servicers and beneficial owners. [66137/25]
285. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of exemptions from stamp duty applied for with the Revenue Commissioners, each year for the past 15 years; and the number that were granted. [66142/25]
286. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of homes estimated to have their mortgages transferred to a loan servicing company, each year for the past ten years. [66143/25]
287. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the proposed revision of the Energy Taxation Directive; his future plans on the issue in the context of Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66266/25]
288. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66358/25]
289. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the €10 million allocated towards the relaxation of the carer’s means test comes under €1,152 million for key policy adjustments, or from the €390 million 'increase in pension and illness, disability, carers scheme recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65197/25]
290. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether funding for new recipients of the carer’s allowance, who would not have qualified under the current income disregards but will qualify on foot of the Budget 2026 measure, is allocated from the €390 million' increase in pension and illness, disability, carers scheme recipients or else…
291. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the breakdown of the estimated 30,000 additional recipients across the pension, illness, disability and carers schemes respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65199/25]
292. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [65243/25]
293. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the works being carried out at the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; and the timeline for completion and opening as a visitor site. [65307/25]
294. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a company (details supplied) had a contract with the Office of Government Procurement to provide security and or stewarding personnel to public bodies for each year since 2021; if so, when this contract with the company will expire. [65454/25]
295. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason a residential location has been included in OPW community flood maps despite the property never having been flooded; if he is aware of the impact this generates for homeowners insurance premiums; if he will commit to revising the decision to include the location in the OPW’s flood map…
296. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if funding will be sanctioned in order that research staff in all higher education institutions across the sector can access a public service pension scheme, in view of a business case from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science requesting access to t…
297. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide emergency funding to strengthen the embankment and protect family homes and properties from tidal flooding at Cromane Lower, Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65559/25]
298. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to review correspondence from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65600/25]
299. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if trees growing in the middle of a river at the back of a residential property could be removed by the OPW (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65653/25]
300. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the complete breakdown of costs involved in the works completed by the Office of Public Works on the Garda station situated in An Rinn, Contae Phort Láirge, in each of the past ten years. [65655/25]