Questions

201. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for publication of the statutory measures for CIE pre 1951 pension; when the public consultation will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7314/26]

202. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average wait times for driving tests, by licence category, for each test centre, for the past 12 months. [7315/26]

203. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on EV charging infrastructure ; the number of charging connections which are in operation; the proportion of the 2030 targets in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7316/26]

204. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which his Department monitors working conditions, pay and accommodation for non-EU crew members on Irish-registered vessels operating in inshore fisheries; the way in which this monitoring is coordinated with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matte…

205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport given the decision not to increase the CIÉ pension in 2009, if the then Minister for Transport was consulted on this decision; if any collective agreement was in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/26]

206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the projects, energy or transport, funded by the Connecting Europe Facility which have been completed, in process or are planned on the island of Ireland or connecting to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7348/26]

207. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the projects, energy or transport, funded by the Connecting Europe Facility which have been completed, in process or are planned on the island of Ireland or connecting to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7349/26]

208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the projects, energy or transport, funded by the Connecting Europe Facility which have been completed, in process or are planned on the island of Ireland or connecting to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7350/26]

209. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport if the community involvement scheme will be open for applications in 2026; the anticipated timeline for the announcement of funding allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7496/26]

210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the way he will ensure Ireland’s transport infrastructure benefits from funding under the next period of the Connecting Europe Facility; the projects he will seek funding for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8103/26]

211. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the qualifying criteria for a primary medical certificate can be urgently reviewed as it is extremely prohibitive in many deserving cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7143/26]

212. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the personal exemption on capital gains tax from the existing €1,270 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/26]

213. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will abolish income tax levied on carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7086/26]

214. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if recipients of carer’s allowance/benefit will be levied retrospectively for income tax on the payment if they request a P60 balancing statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7087/26]

215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, under Irish law, a financial institution may satisfy its anti-money laundering and know your customer obligations by relying on the name of an intermediary, including an accountant or professional adviser, rather than identifying and verifying the ultimate beneficial owner of funds; the statutory or regulatory basis for any such practice; an…

216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland permits regulated financial institutions to accept funds or open accounts where the ultimate beneficial owner has not been identified and verified in accordance with anti-money laundering legislation; whether any exemptions or alternative arrangements are recognised in supervisory guidance; and if he will provide d…

217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether reliance on third parties, including accountants, solicitors, or other professional intermediaries, to satisfy anti-money laundering and know your customer requirements is permitted under Irish law; the conditions under which such reliance is allowed; and the safeguards in place to ensure compliance with beneficial ownership requirements. [71…

218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether investment funds, including so-called vulture funds, are subject to the same anti-money laundering and know your customer verification standards as banks operating in the State; whether any differentiated treatment applies in practice; and the rationale for any such differences. [7150/26]

219. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of supervisory inspections, enforcement actions, or remedial directions relating to failures in anti-money laundering or know your customer compliance were issued by the Central Bank of Ireland in each of the past five years; and whether any related to failures to identify ultimate beneficial owners. [7151/26]

220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the reputational or regulatory risk to the State arising from any practices that could be perceived internationally as weakening anti-money laundering or know your customer controls; and whether any such concerns have been raised by EU or international bodies. [7152/26]

221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has been made aware, through engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland, of any pattern of confidential High Court settlements entered into by an organisation (details supplied) relating to mortgage or consumer banking disputes following the conclusion of the tracker mortgage examination; and whether such settlements have been…

222. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the policies or guidance in place to ensure that where a regulated financial institution settles multiple similar legal claims on a confidential basis, the Central Bank assesses whether those settlements constitute evidence of ongoing consumer detriment requiring market-wide redress; and whether he will provide details of any such assessments carried…

223. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank has an obligation, under the consumer protection framework arising from the tracker mortgage examination, to apply the "stop the harm" principle where evidence emerges of repeated settlements affecting a defined customer cohort; and whether he is satisfied that this principle is being applied consistently where redress is obt…

224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is concerned that permitting individual confidential settlements by regulated banks, without requiring equivalent redress for all similarly affected customers, risks creating unequal access to justice within the banking system; and whether he will review the adequacy of the Central Bank's powers and practices to ensure that consumer protec…

225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of complaints received by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive; the number and percentage of those complaints which were rejected or deemed inadmissible prior to a full investigation in each year; the principal statutory grounds relied upon for such rejections; and if he will make…