Departmental Data

395. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the annual value of cigarettes confiscated by the State for non-payment of customs or other taxes or duties, for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9275/26]

396. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to report on the total operating costs of running the NTMA and ISIF, on assets under the management of both entities; and the proportion of the former to the latter in bps terms, on an annual basis, for each entity. [9280/26]

398. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of recipients of carer’s allowance which were newly contacted by Revenue during the most recent tax year in respect of tax liabilities arising from carer’s allowance; the total amount of tax assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9338/26]

400. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details in relation to levies applied to ESB worker pensions during the financial crash; whether these levies are still being applied; and if it is intended to end them at a future point. [9393/26]

405. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) are in receipt of monies from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF); if the company is allowed to use said monies to fund expenses (including legal representation, engineering reports and expert consultant opinions) they are incurring as part of their quest to obtain planning permission from…

410. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of applications received and approved under (a) Transfer of Business relief and (b) Returned Goods Relief in respect of construction tools brought into the State by returning Irish citizens in each of the past five years; the number refused in each case; and the principal grounds for refusal. [10001/26]

411. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline the position in respect of Irish citizens returning to live and work in the State as employees in the construction sector who bring personally owned tools with them from non-EU countries; and if he accepts that such individuals are excluded from Transfer of Business relief under current rules. [10002/26]

412. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the impact of Customs Duty and VAT charges on construction tools on the return of skilled Irish tradespeople from outside the EU, in light of acknowledged labour shortages in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10003/26]

413. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average processing time for applications under Transfer of Business relief involving tools of the trade; the documentation most commonly outstanding or queried by Revenue; and whether any guidance has been issued to streamline applications for returning Irish citizens. [10004/26]

414. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending relief from Customs Duty and VAT on tools of the trade to returning Irish citizens employed in the construction sector who do not meet the sole-trader criteria for Transfer of Business relief; and if not, the reason for this position. [10005/26]

415. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amounts of payment fraud in Ireland in 2022, 2023 and 2024, broken down by payment instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10034/26]

418. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the point at which it becomes a matter for the Houses of the Oireachtas when a statutory tribunal confirms an accountability gap that only the executive has the power to fix (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10038/26]

423. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider broadening the scope of professions included in the guidelines for flat-rate expenses for self-supplied uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10109/26]

427. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10154/26]

429. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average value of businesses that have been inherited in each of the past ten years. [10195/26]

430. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average value of farms that have been inherited in each of the past ten years. [10196/26]

533. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all summer works approved for schools in Cork for 2025 and thus far in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9180/26]

571. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to an incremental credit application for teaching service; the reasons for the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9607/26]

607. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied). [10019/26]

634. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently enrolled in each NCSE supported special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10283/26]

641. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who have presented to the NCSE requiring a letter of eligibility after the 1 October deadline, introduced in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10334/26]

642. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list each of the project managers for each of the schools effected by construction defects which were constructed by a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10337/26]

647. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students attending schools (details supplied) who reside in the Tyrrelstown-Mulhuddart SPA, broken down per school year group, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10359/26]

652. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes in special schools, in each of the years 2014 to 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10394/26]

681. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of persons that attended each of the National Culture Institutions under the remit of his Department in 2025; if he will provide the corresponding figures for 2024, in tabular form. [10305/26]