Questions

211. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by applying a minimum effective tax rate of 45% for all incomes above €140,000 and 50% for all incomes above €250,000, percentage including income, PRSI and USC. [38489/26]

212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of the revenue collected from the 45% USC rate applied to the full amount of certain bank bonuses each year for which data is available, in tabular from. [38561/26]

213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimate revenue that would be raised by applying an entity level tax on the REITs and IREF at a rate of 1% of the total value of the assets held in these structures. [38562/26]

214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by removing all exemptions to the withholding tax for IREFs. [38563/26]

215. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will publish a cost-benefit analysis of any proposed new retail savings and investment scheme in advance of the scheme being announced and legislated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/26]

216. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has spoken formally with his Australian counterpart to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38610/26]

217. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which his Department informed PTSB of an offer for its shareholding in the bank from Centerbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38615/26]

218. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the bike-to-work scheme to include people not in employment, such as children and retired people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38629/26]

219. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the bike to work scheme to include people who are self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38630/26]

220. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the total number of people supported under the bike-to-work scheme, broken down by year since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38631/26]

221. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the total number of people supported under the bike-to-work scheme, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38632/26]

222. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total cost to the Exchequer of the bike-to-work scheme since it was established, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38633/26]

223. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any review of the bike-to-work scheme to ensure that it operates as efficiently as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38634/26]

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of individuals paying capital acquisition tax each year since 2014, broken down by categories A, B and C, in tabular form. [38659/26]

225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether drafting has commenced at a national level on the proposed EU National Regional Partnership Plans; the way he envisages that this process will take place, including scope for input at parliamentary and civil society level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38626/26]

226. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the performance management and employee review frameworks currently in operation across the Civil Service, wider public service, semi-State bodies, commercial State bodies, non-commercial agencies and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38648/26]

227. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether all public sector bodies are required to operate annual employee objective setting, interim review and end-of-year performance review processes; the bodies exempt from such requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/26]

228. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number and percentage of employees in the Civil Service and wider public service who received an unsatisfactory or below standard performance outcome in each of the past five years, broken down by sector and organisation type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38650/26]

229. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of employees across the Civil Service, public service bodies and semi-State organisations who were denied an increment, pay progression or performance related advancement on performance grounds in each of the past five years, broken down by organisation type; and if he will make a st…

230. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of formal performance improvement plans, capability procedures or equivalent underperformance processes initiated across the Civil Service and wider public service in each of the past five years, broken down by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38652/26]

231. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has undertaken a review, benchmarking exercise or assessment of the effectiveness of employee performance management systems across the Civil Service and wider public service, including comparisons with other European Union member states or organisation for economic co-op…

232. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the extent to which employee objectives and performance review systems across the public service are linked to organisational business plans, project delivery targets, customer service standards, procurement outcomes, productivity measures and value for money objectives; and if he will make a s…

233. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department maintains central oversight, reporting or data collection in relation to workforce performance, productivity and performance management outcomes across the wider public service and semi-State sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38655/26]

234. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if consideration is being given, as part of future public service pay negotiations, workforce planning reforms or public sector modernisation measures, to strengthening employee performance management frameworks, including measurable annual objectives, clearer managerial accountability, differe…

235. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps being taken to strengthen management capability, training and accountability in addressing underperformance and improving organisational delivery across the Civil Service and wider public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38657/26]