216. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including road, public transport, and active travel infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of his Departments, and bodies under their aegis (including the NTA, TII, Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann), which have been completed on time and within budget in Dublin West in each of the past five years, in…
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All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 28,099 | 145 | 27,954 |
| Education | 14,289 | 145 | 14,144 |
| Transport | 11,442 | 153 | 11,289 |
| Justice | 10,062 | 135 | 9,927 |
| Housing | 9,227 | 160 | 9,067 |
| Children | 8,729 | 142 | 8,587 |
| Social | 6,094 | 148 | 5,946 |
| Finance | 5,938 | 153 | 5,785 |
| Agriculture | 4,932 | 136 | 4,796 |
| Enterprise | 4,082 | 152 | 3,930 |
| Climate | 3,950 | 130 | 3,820 |
| Foreign | 3,893 | 190 | 3,703 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,760 | 167 | 3,593 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,460 | 140 | 3,320 |
| Taoiseach | 2,687 | 1,513 | 1,174 |
| Defence | 2,604 | 179 | 2,425 |
| Culture | 2,499 | 147 | 2,352 |
| Rural | 2,375 | 140 | 2,235 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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217. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including road, public transport, and active travel infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of his Departments, and bodies under their aegis (including the NTA, TII, Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann), which have been completed on time and within budget in Louth; and if he will make a statement on t…
218. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he or his Department have considered reviewing the exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33942/26]
219. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Transport the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33960/26]
220. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans for the abandoned theatre (details supplied) in Busáras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34200/26]
221. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including road, public transport, and active travel infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of his Department, and bodies under his aegis (including the NTA, TII, Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann), which have been completed on time and within budget in Carlow in each of the past five years, in…
222. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including road, public transport, and active travel infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of his Department, and bodies under his aegis (including the NTA, TII, Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann), which have been completed on time and within budget in Kilkenny in each of the past five years, …
223. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) do not receive the same level of flat rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare professionals, such as nurses, despite carrying out comparable clinical duties and being subject to similar uniform and laundering requirements; and if he will consider extending eligibility for…
224. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he was first made aware of a High Court case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33545/26]
225. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will initiate a review of the relevant legislation and processes in view of a judgement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33546/26]
226. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if an independent review will be undertaken of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33547/26]
227. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance given the Central Bank Act 1942 states that applications to confirm a prohibition order should, insofar as practicable, be heard and determined within three months yet the President of the High Court has indicated that this timeframe is not achievable in practice; the action his Department is taking to ensure this provision becomes achievable in…
228. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if compensation mechanisms are in place for the losses incurred for a person (details supplied) as a result of being prevented from working, given that the process has extended for nearly seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33549/26]
229. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance given that costs were awarded against an organisation in a case (details supplied), the total cost to the Exchequer to date arising from this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33550/26]
230. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a compensation or protection fund to support individuals who suffer loss arising from wrongful prohibitions or from investigations that are ultimately discontinued such as took place in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33551/26]
231. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider correspondence (details supplied) and allow for a reduction in Vat, to 9% for the beauty industry in line with hairdressers and barbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33575/26]
232. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any statutory provision within the Vehicle Registration Tax regime provides for exemptions, waivers or reduced liability in respect of vehicles imported by individuals who are subject to a protection order or similar court order; and if he will specify the legislative basis for same. [33582/26]
233. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners have any discretionary authority to waive or reduce Vehicle Registration Tax in exceptional or humanitarian circumstances, including cases involving individuals subject to protection orders; and if so, to outline the criteria governing such discretion. [33583/26]
234. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has conducted any assessment of the impact of Vehicle Registration Tax and associated motor taxation requirements on individuals in vulnerable circumstances, including those subject to protection orders; and whether any policy review is planned. [33584/26]
235. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether responsibility for considering financial or administrative reliefs for individuals subject to protection orders in respect of vehicle importation is assigned to his Department, the Revenue Commissioners, or another body; and if he will clarify the policy framework governing such cases. [33585/26]
236. Deputy Paula Butterly 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 Louth in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33620/26]
237. Deputy Emer Currie 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 Dublin West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33671/26]
238. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the duration and cost of the contract; and the services they avail of from the company. [33720/26]
239. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual Exchequer yield attributable to the deemed disposal regime as it applies to Exchange Traded Funds and other gross roll-up investment products held by individual retail investors; and to provide a breakdown of this yield for each of the past five years. [33767/26]
240. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Department has undertaken any forward projections or dependency analysis in respect of Exchequer revenues arising from the deemed disposal regime; and if so, to provide details of such projections. [33768/26]