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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
671. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the work carried out by her Department to examine the barriers facing farming women within the taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41950/25]
John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
682. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance if the €24 million committed by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for a project (details supplied) has been transferred to the developer to date; the conditions that were placed on this transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42477/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
683. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an updated assessment of the sustainability of Ireland’s public finances in light of the ESRI’s warning from June this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42590/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
685. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance to outline the governance and deployment criteria for the future Ireland fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42592/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
693. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the ethical standards and ESG-based risk strategies that are employed by the State’s sovereign wealth funds and the policy of the Government in conducting any reviews of the same. [42968/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
701. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide financial details and a timeline on the purchase and sale of Israeli war bonds by ISIF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43443/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
702. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide details on any interaction his Department or other Departments have had and any legal advice that they have sought to end the facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43444/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
703. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide a timeline and financial details of the facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43445/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
708. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance whether it is possible for the State or the Central Bank to stop the facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds in the upcoming review process by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43450/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
715. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the GNI* figures used to underpin the share of GNI* of capital spend for years 2026-2030 in the National Development Plan, in tabular form. [43732/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
718. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance Ireland's official position on the International Court of Justice's ruling on climate change, calling it an "urgent and existential threat”; and his position on Ireland being the 14th globally in terms of fossil fuel investment by manager location, alongside economies that have substantial fossil fuel industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
719. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance given the International Court of Justice's ruling on climate change, calling it an "urgent and existential threat", the proactive steps the Government will take to stop fossil fuel investment being channelled through Ireland, specifically to stop Irish-based subsidiaries from fossil fuel investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43754/25]
Ged Nash Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
721. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance based on current projections and forecasts from his Department and the NTMA, when is it forecast that the debt to GNI* ratio will fall below 60%; what the projected net debt ratio for 2024 was; what it will be for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43799/25]
Ged Nash Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
723. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to provide the bond redemptions due on Irish national debt for each year from 2025 to 2030; the month when redemptions are due; the interest rate applying to each; the projected interest rate costs on servicing the national debt each year from 2025 to 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43801/25]
Ged Nash Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
728. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the full year cost of extending the reduced VAT rate on electricity and gas bills in 2026, and then the six month cost from January to end of June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43806/25]
Ged Nash Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
729. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the full year cost of indexing income tax credits and bands in line with either wage growth or HICP for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43807/25]
Ged Nash Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
730. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the projected additional yield to the Exchequer in 2026 from making no change to income tax bands and credits in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43808/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
762. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Finance the amount that Ireland has had invested in companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including east Jerusalem; the amount of profit Ireland has derived from such investments; the change in value of such investments in the years 2022 to date, by year and by company; and if he will…
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
763. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the number of times he intends to increase the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil until 2030; the cost to consumers of each increase; the compounded total cost of the increase, by increase and by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43927/25]
John Clendennen Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
766. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the current rate of food inflation; the impact of this on the cost-of-living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44085/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
768. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s position on the recent comments by a person (details supplied) in the context of the Irish economy’s reliance on fossil fuel investments, infrastructure, and use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
773. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if additional Israeli bonds were purchased in 2024 or if the value of the ISIF holding of Israeli bonds increased in 2024 for a different reason such as currency fluctuations. [44376/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Finance
251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of Israeli bonds held by any State body under the aegis of his Department; the details of any purchase or sale of Israeli bonds in the past three years, specifying the date of the purchase or sale, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40682/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Finance
216. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Finance if there is any relief on stamp duty for the purchase of agricultural land by an individual not from an agricultural background (that is, no green certificate); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35036/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Finance
78. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30773/25]