Departmental Data

701. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide financial details and a timeline on the purchase and sale of Israeli war bonds by ISIF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43443/25]

702. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide details on any interaction his Department or other Departments have had and any legal advice that they have sought to end the facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43444/25]

703. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide a timeline and financial details of the facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43445/25]

708. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance whether it is possible for the State or the Central Bank to stop the facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds in the upcoming review process by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43450/25]

715. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the GNI* figures used to underpin the share of GNI* of capital spend for years 2026-2030 in the National Development Plan, in tabular form. [43732/25]

718. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance Ireland's official position on the International Court of Justice's ruling on climate change, calling it an "urgent and existential threat”; and his position on Ireland being the 14th globally in terms of fossil fuel investment by manager location, alongside economies that have substantial fossil fuel industries; and if he will make a statem…

719. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance given the International Court of Justice's ruling on climate change, calling it an "urgent and existential threat", the proactive steps the Government will take to stop fossil fuel investment being channelled through Ireland, specifically to stop Irish-based subsidiaries from fossil fuel investments; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

721. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance based on current projections and forecasts from his Department and the NTMA, when is it forecast that the debt to GNI* ratio will fall below 60%; what the projected net debt ratio for 2024 was; what it will be for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43799/25]

723. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to provide the bond redemptions due on Irish national debt for each year from 2025 to 2030; the month when redemptions are due; the interest rate applying to each; the projected interest rate costs on servicing the national debt each year from 2025 to 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43801/25]

728. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the full year cost of extending the reduced VAT rate on electricity and gas bills in 2026, and then the six month cost from January to end of June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43806/25]

729. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the full year cost of indexing income tax credits and bands in line with either wage growth or HICP for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43807/25]

730. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the projected additional yield to the Exchequer in 2026 from making no change to income tax bands and credits in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43808/25]

762. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Finance the amount that Ireland has had invested in companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including east Jerusalem; the amount of profit Ireland has derived from such investments; the change in value of such investments in the years 2022 to date, by year and by com…

763. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the number of times he intends to increase the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil until 2030; the cost to consumers of each increase; the compounded total cost of the increase, by increase and by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43927/25]

766. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the current rate of food inflation; the impact of this on the cost-of-living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44085/25]

768. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s position on the recent comments by a person (details supplied) in the context of the Irish economy’s reliance on fossil fuel investments, infrastructure, and use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/25]

773. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if additional Israeli bonds were purchased in 2024 or if the value of the ISIF holding of Israeli bonds increased in 2024 for a different reason such as currency fluctuations. [44376/25]

775. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the standard breakdown that is provided every year between "Budgetary Measures" and "To be Allocated" of the Government spending package outlined in the summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43733/25]

779. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total annual expenditure on external legal fees by all Government Departments and agencies under their aegis, for each of the past five years; the steps being taken to monitor and control such expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40848/25]

780. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of public bodies that reported legal costs exceeding €50,000 in any of the past three years; the purpose of these legal services; whether any central oversight exists to ensure value for money in procurement of legal services; and if he will make a statement on th…

781. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he has considered introducing guidelines or a centralised legal services framework to control escalating legal costs across the public service; if so, the timeline for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40850/25]

782. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that public bodies adhere to the public spending code when procuring legal services; how compliance is monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40851/25]

787. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the specific metrics being used to evaluate the success of public service reform initiatives; to provide data available on the performance indicators; their targets; and the current status against these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40942/25]

788. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide statistics on the uptake of digital services by Irish citizens over the past three years; the types of services most frequently used; the demographic information on users; the observed changes in service delivery efficiency; and if he will make a statement on…

789. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation what data is available on the cost-benefit analysis conducted for major infrastructure projects in Cork County, including the methodologies used, the projected versus actual economic benefits; what can be learned from these analysis for cost saving; and if he will make …