State Bodies

628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning permission applications for houses which have been received by An Bord Pleanála in each of the past ten years; the number of applications which have been refused; the number which have been granted; and the number for which a determination has yet to be made, in tabular form. [55228/25]

629. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55229/25]

630. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average annual salary of persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55230/25]

631. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the salaries of the top twenty best paid persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55231/25]

632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of the rebrand/renaming of An Bord Pleanála. [55232/25]

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Environmental Protection Agency is excluded from Ombudsman oversight, and the alternative accountability mechanism exist that are accessible to members of the public. [54022/25]

158. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he last met the CEO of the Corporate Enforcement Authority; when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of Corporate Enforcement Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53691/25]

280. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacancies at the Corporate Enforcement Authority, by job title; the timeframe for each of those vacancies being filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52795/25]

47. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the numbers of staff centrally employed and those employed under short-term contracts or through agencies; to provide the salary rates for centrally employed, short-term contract staff and agency contr…

127. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Data Protection Commission; the numbers of staff centrally employed and those employed under short-term contracts or through agencies; to provide a breakdown of salary levels of all staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52358/25]

123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with a company (details supplied) to discuss the exit package of its CEO; if he is satisfied with the proposed exit package; when he expects a package will be agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/25]

270. 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 the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47596/25]

299. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if any monies invested on behalf of the State through ISIF/ the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund have been lost for any reason, including liquidation, examinership, cessation of trading, bankruptcy or other; if so, to provide a breakdown of the amount of investment lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47937/25]

339. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance if any moneys invested on behalf of the State through ISIF/ the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund has been lost; the reasons for the loss including liquidation, examinership, cessation of trading, bankruptcy or other; to provide the details of the amount of investment lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49186/25]

421. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, vacancies, by job title, at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the estimated full-year costs of filling each of those vacancies; the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48462/25]

425. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the budget for the Health and Safety Authority in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [48653/25]

132. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the staffing and resources available to the MARA are sufficient to enable the agency to adequately perform its statutory functions to validate, assess and issue MACs and MULs in a timely manner. [45869/25]

274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if he has received complaints, internal correspondence, or protected disclosures concerning potential breaches of corporate governance, conflicts of interest, or procedural irregularities during the recent appointment of a chief executive at a State-owned port company under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44811/25]

275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department was formally informed by members of the board of a State owned port company of any divergence of views, allegations of conflict of interest, or concerns regarding adherence to statutory or advertised criteria during the recruitment of a new chief executive; and the actions, if any, that were taken in response. [44812/2…

276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm whether the candidate ultimately appointed as chief executive of a State owned port company met the advertised requirements, specifically the need for substantial commercial experience at or near CEO level within a complex, customer facing B2B organisation with a significant infrastructure asset base; and if his Department…

277. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Department maintains specific protocols or published guidance for identifying and managing potential or perceived conflicts of interest involving members of selection panels in semi-State executive recruitment processes; and whether such protocols were followed during the recent executive appointment at a State owned port company…

278. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has received and reviewed the most recent external governance evaluation of a State port company where serious internal disagreement was recorded during a senior executive recruitment process; and if he will publish or present to the Oireachtas Transport Committee the findings of the review alongside any available reco…

519. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all investments held by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in companies directly or indirectly associated with operations in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45697/25]

1375. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection for his plans to increase pay for regional administrators in line with the increase received by local administrators of citizens' information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46029/25]

2154. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of capital funding received by State bodies and semi-State bodies including Teagasc and non-Governmental organizations; if he will provide a detailed list and funding amount for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40985/25]