389. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his evaluation ahead of the reappointment of the Governor of the Central Bank, included the Governor's testimony to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach (FINPERT) in October 2025 regarding the transfer of the Israeli bond prospectus to the Luxemburg Regula…
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390. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has issued a directive to the Central Bank and its reappointed governor that its policies and pronouncements are aligned with the State’s stated recognition of genocide and its subsequent obligations under the Genocide Convention. [22164/26]
391. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he took into account the Governor of the Central Bank's oral testimony (June 2025) to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach (FINPERT) where he claimed that the Genocide Convention applied to "the State" but not to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and that that Comm…
392. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the development of a campus (details supplied), which is partly funded by the Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22248/26]
393. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 5 March 2026, the number of inspections carried out; the number of passengers screened; the number of seizures made; the number of scans conducted at Rosslare Europort and other ports since the introduction of the new regulations on duty free enforcements;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
394. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of tobacco products tax collected in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22256/26]
395. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address discrimination against childless couples in relation to inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22270/26]
396. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the inclusion of the special needs assistant profession in the flat rate expense tax credit as administered by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22385/26]
397. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a full breakdown of the way in which approximately €1.15 billion in carbon taxes are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22412/26]
398. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when he will make a decision on the workforce plan and additional resources requested by CRU submitted to his Department last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/26]
399. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of funding that has been ring fenced for the opening of Bailieborough Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21524/26]
400. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when Bailieborough Garda Station is expected to be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/26]
401. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the Nenagh flood relief scheme; if the tender documents have issued as expected during Q1. [21583/26]
402. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update in respect of OPW's management of the magazine fort in Dublin; the annual costs of maintaining the site and structures in the past ten years to date; the annual security costs associated with the site; and the plans if any to restore the structure and commence reg…
403. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the difference between statutory parental leave and parental leave available to civil service workers; and who is entitled to enhanced parental leave as outlined by the National Shared Services. [21610/26]
404. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the breakdown of the funding that has been allocated for the Climate and Nature fund; the way in which these projects fit within the funds remit; the breakdown of the funding that has been applied for and by which Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21699/26]
405. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21828/26]
406. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for immediate emergency works on Rosslare Strand to combat the rapid disappearance of the beach due to severe coastal erosion, as waiting for works to begin in 2028 may be too late; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21840/26]
407. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of heads of government, heads of state, ministers, governors, mayors or other senior elected officials he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21907/26]
408. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of Irish diaspora groups, including but not limited to sporting and cultural organisations, as well as emigrant organisations he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21925/26]
409. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of businesses and business representative organisations he and State Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21943/26]
410. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the value of trade and tourism respectively, between Ireland and the states visited by him and by Ministers of State in his Department for the St Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21961/26]
411. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding any engagement he has had with the retired employees under the CIÉ 1951 Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22214/26]
412. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding any engagement he has had with the Minister for Transport in relation to the proposed increase in pension entitlements for retired employees under the CIÉ 1951 Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22216/26]
413. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department accepts that members of An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service, full-time fire services and the Permanent Defence Forces who commenced service on or after 1 January 2013 and are members of the single public service pension scheme will, in general, retire on lower o…