Questions

126. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite the overdue Killarney town bypass, County Kerry and urgently address the chronic situation faced by local businesses, residents and visitors to the town on almost a daily basis whereby the town is choked with traffic; when work will physically commence on the ground; the length of time this critical project will take to be delivered; and if he wi…

127. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to prioritise a bypass for Killorglin town, County Kerry; if consideration will be given to the fact that Laune bridge is the gateway to the Iveragh peninsula and 14,000 vehicles pass through the town on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50279/26]

128. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 23 June 2026, if he will work with the National Transport Authority to ensure that the TFI Leap card can become valid for journeys that take place in whole or in part in Northern Ireland in order that all students, residing in this State have the same access to more affordable public transport. [50301/26]

129. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the level of information and technical guidance that has been issued to businesses, particularly SMEs, in relation to the implementation of new EU custom charges from 1 July 2026. [49949/26]

130. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will extend a stamp duty exemption to companies dual-listed in the US and Ireland as a means of protecting and boosting the level of listings on Irish equity capital markets. [49952/26]

131. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged directly with the ETF industry on how the emerging proposals for personal investment accounts (details supplied) will operate in the context of the obligations of the deemed disposal rule applying to ETFs. [49970/26]

132. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he expects the ISIF annual report 2025 to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49983/26]

133. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if income tax on tips for minimum wage workers is tracked by the Revenue Commissioners; if so, the amount of tax revenue collected on income tax on tips for minimum wage workers for each of the previous five years; if not, if the Revenue Commissioners have the capability to track this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50045/26]

134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the 2024 figures for participation in and cost of the Key Employee Engagement Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50064/26]

135. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in light of the collapse of a company (details supplied), if he supports a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collapse and accountability from all parties responsible for any wrongdoing or failures in oversight, greater transparency regarding the sale of assets and the liquidation process; if he will support a review of the regu…

136. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of renters who claimed the rent tax credit in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and the overall value of the claims in each year. [50165/26]

137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views that targeted tax reliefs can be an effective means of supporting strategically important sectors, as evidenced by existing tax credit schemes operated by the State; and whether similar measures are being considered for pubs as part of Budget 2027. [50214/26]

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 23 June 2026, the estimated first and full year cost in 2027 of not proceeding with a schedule for carbon tax increases this year or next. [50232/26]

139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 744, 745, 746, 747 of 29 July 2025, to provide updated figures in relation to the cost of abolishing local property tax excluding the LPT paid by local authorities and AHBs and all landlords (second and more properties). [50233/26]

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the financial regulator in Luxembourg the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has confirmed to the Central Bank if they will take on again the role of assessing for approval the prospectus of Israeli war bonds this September. [50234/26]

141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the role assessing for approval the prospectus of Israeli war bonds will default to the Central Bank if the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) declines to take on the role of assessing for approval the prospectus. [50235/26]

142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when confirmation will be provided on whether the CSSF will again take on the role of assessing for approval the prospectus of Israeli war bonds this September. [50236/26]

143. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to allowing individuals and households who have already invested some or all off of their savings in existing investment products to transfer their existing investment to new personal investment accounts without a tax penalty. [50273/26]

144. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if providers of new personal investment accounts will be able to reinvest the moneys invested in PIAs into other investment products; to outline who will be liable for the exit tax and deemed disposal taxation on any gains on the reinvested moneys; and if this will be passed onto the PIA investor. [50274/26]

145. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to examine changes to the taxation of rental income, including the expansion of existing rental income reliefs, in order to encourage continued and new participation by private landlords in the residential rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50313/26]

146. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the potential acquisition by the State of the military war museum located in Collon, County Meath; whether an assessment has been undertaken regarding its historical, cultural and educational value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49971/26]

147. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide and update in respect of the master plan for the future use and enhancement of a location (details supplied); if a public consultation will be initiated; and if consultancy has been sought in respect of the site. [50184/26]

148. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the work of the Finance for Scaling Implementation Group. [49950/26]

149. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has considered the feasibility and potential value of State agencies or funds investing more in public share purchases of Irish scale-ups as a means of incentivising the greater use of IPOs as a financing mechanising for scaling Irish enterprises. [49951/26]

150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Enterprise Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50035/26]