Questions

33. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the proportion of the Future Ireland Fund invested in Ireland; the balance in the fund as at end-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35430/26]

34. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the proportion of the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund invested in Ireland and the balance in the fund as at end-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35431/26]

35. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the cost to the exchequer of postponing the carbon tax and carbon tax-related increases on solid fuels, natural gas and mineral oil, respectively, from 1 May 2026 to 14 October 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35432/26]

36. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the expected incremental tax yield during 2026 and in a full year, respectively, from carbon tax increases scheduled to take effect on 14 October 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35433/26]

37. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the expected incremental tax yield for each calendar year from 2026 to 2030 from carbon tax increases on 14 October 2026 and as scheduled through 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35434/26]

38. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the cost to the exchequer of extending the temporary motor fuel excise duty reductions introduced during March and April 2026 from 31 July 2026, to 14 October 2026, 31 December 2026, and 31 December 2027 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35435/26]

39. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to the exchequer in 2027 of maintaining the reduced VAT rate of 9% on electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35436/26]

40. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if financial institutions can legally request biometric ID from existing customers to update their accounts; if a customer refuses can a financial institution refuse to offer them services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35462/26]

41. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the current value of the national debt; the amount the debt has reduced in the past three years; and how much interest has been paid servicing the debt in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [35471/26]

42. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work his Department is undertaking to develop a new scheme to replace the disabled drivers scheme; if he can provide a timeline of when the new scheme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35508/26]

43. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the steps his Department and the Revenue Commissioners are taking to seek to assess a more accurate cost of the of abolition of the deemed disposal rule. [35512/26]

44. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to review the reason Ireland is the only country in the world to apply a deemed disposal rule to retail investment funds. [35513/26]

45. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the need for closer alignment of the substantial shareholding exemption with the dividend participation exemption, to ensure that Ireland remains a viable holding company location for global investment activities. [35514/26]

46. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the need to abolish the outbound payment rules on dividend payments to ILPs to ensure that Ireland remains an attractive location for international managers. [35515/26]

47. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure the new Irish for Finance Strategy includes new measures and structures to prioritise the competitiveness of the Irish funds industry. [35516/26]

48. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to bring forward an amendment to sectio45 n 50 of the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015; to facilitate the use of distributed ledger technology, cloud computing and other similar technologies to support the digital transformation of the funds sector. [35517/26]

49. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all capital projects and programmes funded or overseen under the remit of his Department, and bodies under its aegis, which have been completed on time and within budget in Galway in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35646/26]

50. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out the estimated cost of maintaining existing levels of service across the public sector in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/26]

51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total sum outstanding from current and former Ministers and officeholders arising from pension under-deductions. [35536/26]

52. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of former Ministers and officeholders who have not yet entered into repayment agreements. [35537/26]

53. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the deadline set for the recovery of all monies owed. [35538/26]

54. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any enforcement action will be taken where individuals fail to engage. [35539/26]

55. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will reinstate the 'half day Christmas shopping' for public servants, which was a bonus each year on top of their annual leave allowance, but subsequently removed during the Haddington Road agreement. [35587/26]

56. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide a list of all capital projects delivered under the National Development Plan and otherwise within the remit of his Department, including the Office of Public Works, which have been completed on time and within budget in Galway in each of the past five years, in tabular form; an…

57. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total number of public sector workers on WTE that will benefit from any public sector pay agreement. [35675/26]