Questions

256. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail has a system to monitor the total number of passengers expected on a service across all booking methods, including online bookings, ticket machines, ticket offices, and free travel pass reservations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49749/26]

257. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport If passenger demand exceeds seating capacity, the measures that are taken to prevent passengers travelling without access to a seat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49750/26]

258. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the reason additional carriages are not provided where operationally possible on services known to be heavily oversubscribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49751/26]

259. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of concerns that the only practical way for passengers who have paid for a standard journey to obtain a seat is to pay an additional charge for first class accommodation due to overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49752/26]

260. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that passengers can hold a valid ticket, the operator can know in advance that demand exceeds available seating, and yet passengers may still be required to stand unless they pay an additional premium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49753/26]

261. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that some eligible bus operators missed the application deadline for the rural transport support scheme due to exceptional operational pressures during the peak school transport and tour season; whether his Department will consider accepting late applications in exceptional circumstances where there is no prejudice to the administration of the…

262. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50079/26]

263. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider supporting an organisation's proposed measures (details supplied) as a means of supporting employment, tourism and enterprise development in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49626/26]

264. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered directing Revenue to draft a statutory instrument extending postponed VAT accounting to private BEV importers via EORI registration; and if any modelling has been carried out on the possible ESR compliance savings there might be if this policy was implemented [48827/26]

265. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered directing Revenue to issue updated OMSP valuation guidance capping the VAT base at 110% of the verified UK purchase invoice for private BEV import; and if any modelling has been carried out on the possible ESR compliance savings there might be if this policy was implemented [48828/26]

266. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to respond to the points made (details supplied) regarding the BIK treatment of company cars. [49013/26]

267. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49093/26]

268. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting periods for cases to go to adjudication at the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address these long waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49148/26]

269. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he can confirm, considering all other things being equal, the difference in net take-home income between a lone parent household with a single earner on €88,000 and a married couple or two-adult household on a combined income of €88,000; if he will outline the basis for any disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49157/26]

270. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific measures, he is considering in Budget 2027 to address what many view as a “single person penalty” within the tax system; whether he will commit to reforming tax credits and bands to better reflect the reality that lone parents are supporting an entire household on a single income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49158…

271. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he agrees with the assessment that lone parents are being asked to earn nearly twice as much just to achieve what dual-income households get by default, all while carrying the full weight alone; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49159/26]

272. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of credit unions currently operating in in the State; to list all mergers of credit unions which have taken place from 1 January 2023 to date; his position on future credit union mergers; if such mergers are necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49168/26]

273. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Revenue has any discretion to accept a claim for the Widowed Person Tax Credit submitted outside the statutory four year time limit in exceptional or compassionate circumstances; whether any provision exists to allow such cases to be reviewed where a claimant was unaware of their entitlement or of the applicable deadline (details supplied)…

274. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the physical trading and custody of precious metals in Ireland remains outside the direct regulatory remit of the Central Bank despite an industry estimated to manage between €500 million and €1 billion in client assets [49436/26]

275. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will require stockbrokers and investment firms operating in Ireland to provide greater transparency to retail investors regarding the treatment of partially filled trading orders, including the execution methods used and the associated commissions, fees, and costs charged to clients [49437/26]

276. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No’s. 176 and 177 of 11 June 2026, regarding exemption from income tax in respect of profits of up to €400 for a person from microgeneration of electricity from renewable sources; the categories of expenses that can be set off against these profits for income tax purposes; if they include operation costs and an allo…

277. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on his Department’s priorities for Ireland’s EU Council Presidency. [49579/26]

278. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he plans to meet with a body (details supplied) to discuss proposals for Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49616/26]

279. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide figures of the cost overruns by his Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026; the cost overruns by his Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026 for each State Agency under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49658/26]

280. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49690/26]