Questions

176. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there is an Oireachtas liaison contact for the NewERA division of the National Treasury Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8992/26]

177. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current processes in relation to emergency taxation; and if he will address related issues raised in correspondence (details supplied). [8830/26]

178. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the incoming phone call procedures of Revenue during high call volume periods, as some people are persistently receiving a recorded message that Revenue cannot take their call and to try again later then the line disconnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8850/26]

179. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether there is an appointment of a new Governor of the Central Bank and if a process for this appointment has been designed yet; if so, the details of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9049/26]

180. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland requires regulated financial institutions to notify it where multiple legal claims involving materially similar facts or customer cohorts are settled on a confidential basis; if so, the notification mechanism and thresholds which applied; and if not, the way in which the Central Bank is assured that such settlement…

181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of occasions since 2019 on which the Central Bank of Ireland has required a regulated financial institution to extend redress beyond individual litigants to a wider customer cohort following the outcome of litigation or confidential settlement; and the statutory or supervisory basis relied upon in each case. [9061/26]

182. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland maintains internal guidance, criteria, or decision-making frameworks to assess when repeated settlements or litigation outcomes indicate a breach of the "stop the harm" principle; and whether he will publish the headline principles of any such framework in the interests of transparency. [9062/26]

183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a sectoral breakdown, for each of the past five years, of anti-money laundering and know-your-customer supervisory inspections carried out by the Central Bank of Ireland, distinguishing between credit institutions, investment funds, fund service providers, and other financial institutions. [9063/26]

184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of supervisory findings, remedial directions, or enforcement actions issued by the Central Bank of Ireland since 2019 which involved deficiencies in the identification or verification of ultimate beneficial owners; and whether such deficiencies arose more frequently in any particular sector. [9064/26]

185. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland collects or analyses data on the frequency with which regulated firms rely on third-party customer due diligence under section 40 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010; and whether any supervisory concerns have arisen regarding delayed, incomplete, or inaccessible underlying be…

186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland requires firms relying on third parties for customer due diligence to conduct periodic assurance testing to confirm that full underlying documentation can be produced without delay; and how compliance with this requirement is monitored at supervisory level. [9066/26]

187. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland has identified any instances where reliance on intermediaries or professional advisers has resulted in delayed identification of beneficial owners or incomplete source-of-funds verification; and whether any thematic reviews have been conducted in this area. [9067/26]

188. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department monitors trends in the proportion of complaints to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman which are deemed inadmissible or closed prior to full investigation; and whether any assessment has been made of the impact of such trends on effective consumer access to redress. [9068/26]

189. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, following the 2023 Periodic Critical Review of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, his Department has considered further evaluation of admissibility thresholds or screening criteria applied to complaints; and if not, to state the basis on which he is satisfied that current arrangements strike an appropriate balance between indepen…

190. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the National Risk Assessment currently being finalised includes specific consideration of reputational risk arising from enforcement intensity, settlement practices, or beneficial ownership verification; and when he expects the assessment to be published. [9072/26]

191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any concerns regarding Ireland's practical application of anti-money laundering or know-your-customer controls have been raised with his Department by EU institutions or international standard-setting bodies since 2021; and if so, to outline the general nature of those concerns. [9073/26]

192. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, and an issue that exists when a driver under the scheme changes to a new vehicle and is approved, but is taken off the system, leaving a gap in coverage of their motor insurance before they receive their new vehicle. [9098/26]

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which fees applied by the data protection commission are incorporated within revenue projections; if the large volume of outstanding fees are currently contained within revenue projection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9114/26]

194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 29 January 2026, if he will confirm that neither his Department or the Central Bank collect data on special purpose vehicles whose primary economic activity is purchasing and owning commercial and residential property, as this is not at category in either the statistical publication or the registration …

195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 if he is aware of any engagement between the Central Bank and national competent authority in Luxembourg, Netherlands, Cyprus, Germany and Jersey in relation to macroprudential measures for property funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9116/26]

196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he will introduce legislation strengthening the powers of the Ombudsman in relation to visa, citizenship and international protection applications (details supplied). [8870/26]

197. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on plans, including a timeframe on carrying out upgrade works to the Garda Station in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9011/26]

198. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the unused accommodation section of Castlemaine Garda station, Castlemaine, County Kerry, will be made available for community use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8963/26]

199. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of a potential flood relief scheme for Bunclody, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9053/26]

200. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of a potential flood relief scheme for Aughrim, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9054/26]