214. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which his Department intends to ensure that national co-financing for the EU Social Climate Fund is directed towards new or scaled-up measures targeting energy poverty, building renovation, and clean mobility for low-income households and vulnerable transport users, in line with the Social Climate Fund Regulation; and…
Topics / Budget 2026
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsBudget 2026
269 questions from 75 TDs, between 13 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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268 written, 1 oral
75
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 1 |
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| May 2025 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 5 |
| July 2025 | 11 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 17 |
| October 2025 | 172 |
| November 2025 | 24 |
| December 2025 | 9 |
| January 2026 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 4 |
| March 2026 | 1 |
| April 2026 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 8 |
| June 2026 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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217. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Budget 2026 makes provision for Ireland’s required national co-financing contribution (estimated at approximately €220 million) to match the €663 million in EU funding available to Ireland under the Social Climate Fund from 2026; if he will confirm under which vote or Departmental subhead this national contribution will be allo…
218. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which his Department plans to ensure that national co-financing for the EU Social Climate Fund is directed towards new or scaled-up measures targeting energy poverty, building renovation, and clean mobility for low-income households and vulnerable transport users, in line with the Social Climate Fund Regulation; the way…
222. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department's allocation in Budget 2026 makes provision for the estimated €220 million in national contributions to match the €663 million in funding under the EU Social Climate Fund which can be drawn down from 2026; which vote/ departmental subheading this allocation will fall under; and if he will make a statement on…
223. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when Ireland's draft Social Climate Plan (SCP) will be published; and how he intends to engage with anti-poverty and civil society organisations throughout the development of the SCP. [57224/25]
224. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the efforts his Department is taking to ensure that Ireland's Social Climate Plan will target vulnerable households explicitly; the research and data sets will be used to inform the definition of vulnerability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57225/25]
228. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he plans to match fund for the full allocation of the Social Climate Fund. [57357/25]
238. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 36, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57199/25]
247. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the funding that has been provided in Budget 2026 for new bus routes versus existing services in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56672/25]
248. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the amount allocated to the National Transport Authority under Budget 2026 for the provision of new services across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56673/25]
279. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the financial allocation in Budget 2026 for the advancement of the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road scheme; when the next phase of this project will commence; the estimated final completion date for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57264/25]
289. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Government’s position regarding the deemed disposal rule for Irish-domiciled investment funds; if he plans to reform or abolish this measure in line with recommendations from the Tax Strategy Group and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach ; and…
292. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance why the 9% reduction in VAT in Budget 2026 did not include funfairs and circuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56746/25]
298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for applying the VAT reduction on new apartments from Budget 2026 given the fact it will only mean savings and higher profitability for apartments which were already viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56810/25]
302. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for the abridged estimates volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 7, 9 and 10, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [56927/25]
303. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding reforms to the deemed disposal tax in respect of exchange traded funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57102/25]
312. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the exclusion of cinemas from the recent hospitality VAT reduction from 13.5% to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57220/25]
316. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has received any proposals to reduce the VAT rates for the cinema industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57265/25]
317. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the VAT rate for the cinema industry to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57272/25]
321. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Government took no actions to address the long-standing issue of deemed disposal for Irish investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57306/25]
328. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the recent reduction in the VAT rate to include cinema admissions given the sector’s ongoing challenges, such as rising energy and wage costs, incomplete recovery from the pandemic, and increased competition from global streaming platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57430/25]
350. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 11, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57194/25]
441. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote number 26, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57422/25]
449. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 33, including the provisional sub-head and programme level allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57013/25]
461. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there has been any increase in the housing adaption grants in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56589/25]