Parliamentary questions

610. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers that availed of the tax advantages of employees’ contributions to approved superannuation schemes and pension contributions (retirement annuity and PSRA) in the most recent year data that is available. [43918/26]

611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total value of property that was exempt from CAT due to the heritage exemption in 2024. [43919/26]

612. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if betting duty applies to casinos; and the way this assessed for onsite cash games. [43921/26]

613. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the evidential basis for continuing to rely on the Revenue ready reckoner estimates for forecasting the Exchequer yield from tobacco excise increases given that the model does not explicitly incorporate behavioural responses such as product substitution, switching to illicit tobacco products or cross-Border purchasing; and if he w…

614. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps that can be taken to assist a married couple (details supplied) who require some tax relief or other payment to allow them to cope with the significant costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44016/26]

615. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to revising VAT rates on new residential buildings; the measures that are in place to ensure developers reduce prices in line with any VAT changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44188/26]

616. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the grants that are available to protect farmlands from flooding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42635/26]

617. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the details of flood defence and coastal erosion projects under consideration or underway in Waterford and spend to date, by year, in tabular form; the current status of each; the date on which the current status was reached; the date on which each project is anticipated …

618. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps the OPW is taking to reduce the risk to property, particularly in the Dundalk area, of adverse weather events; the steps being taken to expedite these capital works in order that they can be completed in the shortest time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

619. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the precise process to apply for Government-funded individual gate schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41582/26]

620. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps his Department is taking for residents in Dundalk who have been impacted by flooding events to lower the risk of future flooding events and improve their access to home insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41583/26]

621. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the acquisition and conservation of a historic building (details supplied) has been considered for use as a public amenity by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41630/26]

622. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline any public consultations that his Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/26]

623. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline his Department’s planned priorities for Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41750/26]

624. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding a full building condition survey, including mechanical and electrical, of the Donegal town courthouse; a timeline for assessments for repair work; the expected date of re-opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41779/26]

625. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated cost of a €1,000 flat rate annual pay increase for workers in the public sector earning less than €50,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41899/26]

626. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works in excess of €40,000 that the OPW will carry out at Garda stations within the Limerick division during the second half of the 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/26]

627. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Office of Public Works will erect and inscribe a headstone for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41934/26]

628. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will outline his plans for a formalised escalation pathway to strengthen expenditure management; and to introduce a phased approach to address overruns across Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41963/26]

629. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of vacant properties currently owned by the Office of Public Works in Cork city and county; the total economic value of those properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/26]

630. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has a policy position on the use by contracting authorities or bodies under their remit of procurement platforms additional to, or separate from, eTenders for the advertising or management of public procurement processes; whether any assessment has bee…

631. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total amount spent by his Department on public procurement in 2025; to provide a breakdown, where available, by goods, services, works procurement expenditure, by expenditure procured directly by his Department and expenditure procured through central purchasing arrangem…

632. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department is fully compliant with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Model Publication Scheme Guidance, issued under section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, specifically the requirements under section D and section E (details supplied); to …

633. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of plans to undertake a public consultation on the development of the National and Regional Partnership Plans; the expected timeline for commencement of the consultation; the manner in which the consultation process will address regional development, environme…

634. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the 'end-users' he intends to consult in relation to his ongoing work to update the ethics in public office legislation before he brings proposals to Government; whether he intends to engage in a public consultation in relation to any reforms; if this will take place before o…