Questions

240. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the total amount allocated by his Department on the repair of footpaths across the country and for a breakdown of that cost allocation, based on county council, in tabular form. [46670/26]

241. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 340 of 3 March and 871 of 14 April 2026, if the Iarnród Éireann national carpark strategy report has been completed; if it has issued, given that it was planned for completion and issuance to the NTA in Q2 2026 for review; the position on extending the carpark serving Thurles Railway Station given the high demand, particu…

242. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 9 June 2026, the number of PSO bus services that were identified as ‘not meeting the required standard’ in each of the years from 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46711/26]

243. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 9 June 2026, the process for penalising a PSO operator where a PSO route does not meet the required standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46712/26]

244. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 9 June 2026, the number of fines that were issued to PSO operators where a PSO route does not meet the required standard in each of the years from 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; the related monetary value of the fines issued for each of the years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4…

245. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has examined traffic congestion at the Donaghmede roundabout and on the adjoining Clarehall road, particularly in light of the significant housing development that has taken place in the surrounding area in recent years; the changes to the layout of the junction, including the possible replacement of the roundabout with an…

246. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the total amount of funding spent by transport bodies on footpaths in 2025; and the breakdown of that spending, by area, in tabular form. [46731/26]

247. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will examine a request (details supplied) to replace an existing bus shelter with a bus stop pole at a location where the shelter obstructs a private residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46748/26]

248. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount of profits subject to non-trading corporation tax, the total corporation tax take on non-trading income each year since 2018 and the effective tax rate on non-trading income, in tabular form. [46418/26]

249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the average and median inheritance tax paid each year since 2020. [46419/26]

250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a full list of all credit institutions authorised to carry out banking business in the State under Irish legislation. [46420/26]

251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a full list of all European credit institutions authorised in another Member State of the European economic area and operating in the State as a branch. [46421/26]

252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 595 of 9 of June 2026, to clarify if the investment benchmarks against which each fund’s investment performance is measured over time includes projected rates of return. [46422/26]

253. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the residential solar tax credit is available in respect of solar PV installations in new-build dwellings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46449/26]

254. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual impact on revenue of restoring the full 5% regional uplift, as it was previously constituted, for the Section 481 tax credit for film; the estimated annual impact on revenue of establishing a 5% uplift to the Section 481 tax credit for films produced in Gaeltacht areas and/or in the Irish language; the estimated revenue whi…

255. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to respond to reports that consultants on public only consultant contracts (POCC) are being routinely gifted fees for the delivery of babies of private patients in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital (details supplied); if this practice will be investigated given the issues surrounding the taxation of these gifts; to clarify matters related to tax treatm…

256. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on plans to reform and enhance Ireland’s regulatory framework for Retail Investor Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46749/26]

257. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of properties which have been liable for the vacant property tax in each taxable year since its introduction and to date in 2026; and the total amount raised in each tax year it has been operational and to date in 2026. [46776/26]

258. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the development of a procurement pact or outline joint procurement measures with the European Union or with other EU member states. [46432/26]

259. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the development of a procurement pact or outline joint procurement measures with Canada. [46433/26]

260. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current condition of Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin (details supplied); whether any deterioration at the site has been linked to conservation or renovation works carried out as part of the 2014-2018 programme; the interim maintenance or remedial works planned for the site; when the facade…

261. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total annual revenue resulting from charges on admission to monuments and heritage sites by the Office of Public Works in each of the past ten years. [46585/26]

262. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 28 May 2026, and his statement that the publication of purchase order data over €20,000 has been Government policy since 2011, whether his Department monitored compliance with that requirement across Departments, agencies and public bodies between 201…

263. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total allocation in Budget 2026 towards the Office of Public Work's flood defence and coastal erosion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46732/26]

264. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated cost savings to the State in the year 2027 from a reduction in the salary top up of politicians including an Taoiseach, an Tánaiste, Ministers and Ministers of State, by 25%, 50% and 75%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46733/26]