Parliamentary questions

264. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated total yearly impact on tax revenues from double indexation of income tax bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51310/26]

265. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit at a rate of 1%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51370/26]

266. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of reducing the standard and higher rates of taxation by 1% each, the number of people impacted by such reductions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51371/26]

267. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of reducing each of the USC rates by 1%; the number of people impacted by such reductions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51372/26]

268. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing income tax bands at rates of 1%, 2% and 3%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51373/26]

269. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been or is currently being given to indexing income tax bands, and in particular, to the average annual inflation rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51374/26]

270. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the Web link to his Department’s Q2 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [51563/26]

271. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the current capital gains tax annual exemption threshold of €1,250, having regard to the fact that it has remained unchanged for several years and in view of increased cost of living pressures; if he will consider increasing this threshold; if he will further examine the potential for targeted relief measures,…

272. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51766/26]

273. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51784/26]

274. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51802/26]

275. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department, or the Revenue Commissioners, have examined the feasibility of assessing the returns of form IU(3E) as a means of better calculating the indicative IUT revenue raised via the deemed disposal rule; and the subsequent cost of abolishing the deemed disposal rule in respect of IUT. [51840/26]

276. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will commit to conduct a review of the TaxSaver scheme with a view to extending to more modes of sustainable travels such as shared mobility; and to allow for new digital solutions to enhance the effectiveness and attractiveness of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51874/26]

277. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50807/26]

278. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current status of the proposed civil service reasonable accommodation policy due to be introduced in 2026; which disabled persons' representative organisations and disabled persons' organisations were consulted during its development; whether an organisation (details s…

279. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the purchase order systems used across Departments, agencies and other public bodies (details supplied); if so, the number of public bodies known to operate a single purchase order system, multiple purchase order system…

280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker earning under €100 thousand receives a pay increase of 10% in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51313/26]

281. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department will look favourably on an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied); to provide an update on the status of the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51386/26]

282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether, pending completion of the statutory review of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (as amended), his Department has assessed whether reporting persons whose disclosures are currently being processed may be affected by administrative practices or interpretations that ar…

283. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the timelines and funding for the delivery of the proposed new Garda station in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50996/26]

284. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the new Garda station in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; whether agreement has been reached with An Garda Síochána on the space allocation required to allow the submission of the Part IX planning application to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

285. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the web link to his Department’s Q2 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, the plann…

286. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation having regard to the definition of “machine-readable format” in S.I. No. 376/2021 and to Government Open Data Policy, to state the file formats which his Department recognises as machine-readable for the publication of tabular public-sector datasets. [51574/26]

287. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE operations and event executive personnel employed by OPW as of 26 June 2026, in tabular form. [51710/26]

288. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Ennis Friary in 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [51711/26]