Questions

376. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if cross-Government measures, including taxation measures, will be introduced to reduce the sale of land to non-farming interests, and particularly large-scale businesses, with specific reference to the need to support small farm holders who may wish to buy neighbouring farm land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73609/25]

377. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures to address profits in the motor insurance industry; and to decrease the cost of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73657/25]

378. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting from inheritance tax any legacies left by patients who contracted hepatitis as a result of health care system failures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73737/25]

379. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of times he intends to increase the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil until 2030; the cost to consumers of each increase; and the compounded total cost of the increase, by increase and by category. [73781/25]

380. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of money claimed under the research and development tax credit for AI-related advanced manufacturing activity each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73828/25]

381. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of money which has been claimed under the research and development tax credit for AI-related life sciences activity each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73829/25]

382. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of money which has been claimed under the research and development tax credit for AI-related financial services activity each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73830/25]

383. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of money which has been claimed under the research and development tax credit for AI-related financial services activity each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73831/25]

384. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation how user data is being safeguarded when the digital wallet is introduced; how it is expected that data will not be shared with ISPs; how his Department will determine the efficacy of the pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73445/25]

385. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his efforts to address flooding in Kerry. [73649/25]

386. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 of December 2025, if he can identify the officials referred to who are sitting on the project steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73775/25]

387. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a range of utilities were paid for by a former Garda Commissioner (details supplied) in respect of a property at Spa Road, Phoenix Park, which was provided to him for a seven-year contract period by the OPW, through An Garda Síochána, or if the cost of any such utilities were paid for by the O…

388. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide detailed information in relation to works carried out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73316/25]

389. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new initiatives taken to ensure value for money in public expenditure; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73556/25]

390. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures to address coastal erosion in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73651/25]

391. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the OPW’s attendance at the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee wherein a witness (details supplied) referred to ‘Circular 01/2025’, if a copy of that circular can be provided; the data now being captured as a result of this circular by the OPW that were not previously being capt…

392. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline Ireland’s progress under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan as part of the European Union’s NextGenerationEU Recovery Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73753/25]

393. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 of December 2025, when the first meeting of the ‘project steering group’ took place; the number of meetings of this steering group since its inception; the provenance of the cost range estimate referred as to how it was arrived at, and what fac…

394. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 of December 2025, the form the non-statutory public consultation may take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73774/25]

395. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of the number of derelict building broken down by location; the length of time which they have been vacant; the reason they are vacant; and the cost to maintain them while vacant, in tabular form. [73780/25]

396. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware that statutory redundancy pay is only required after two years of service; if he is aware that due to this, some companies hire large numbers of staff and then dismiss them shortly before they reach the two-year mark, only to hire some of the same people again soon after; if he has considered that while legally, this …

397. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the key measures taken under the remit of his Department to control insurance costs during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73554/25]

398. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the status of the data centre cost benefit report he commissioned. [73597/25]

399. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 11 December 2025, the date by which his Department will furnish the information stated as “currently being collated”; if the evaluation framework for the built to innovate programme exists in draft or interim form; and to identify the official or unit responsible for finalising this material.…

400. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 11 December 2025, if his Department has, since 2022, made any formal request to the Central Statistics Office, Eurostat, or the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the publication of residential construction productivity statistics, including GVA or hours worked; and if s…