Parliamentary questions

EU Directives

Ged Nash

249. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the background to and current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 24 April 2024 that it was sending Ireland a letter of formal notice (INFR(2024)2037) for the incorrect transposition of Directive (EU) 2018/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (the 5th anti-money laundering directive); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19497/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential units subject to the 10% rate of stamp duty with respect to the acquisition of certain residential property where a person acquires at least ten such units during a 12-month period, disaggregated by county in which the property was located, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [19509/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential units subject to the 10% rate of stamp duty with respect to the acquisition of certain residential property where a person acquires at least ten such units during a 12-month period; the total number of purchasers; and the total value of stamp duty paid, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [19512/24]

Housing Schemes

Holly Cairns

252. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of residents per county who accessed the voluntary homeowner’s relocation scheme for people whose houses flooded in 2015; if the scheme is currently open to people impacted by more recent floods and if not, if he plans to re-open it. [18746/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

253. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18842/24]

Protected Disclosures

James Lawless

254. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the steps his Department is taking to create a more robust enforcement and implementation of the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18957/24]

Local Elections

Richard Boyd Barrett

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to clearly outline which grades of employment are allowed to run in local government elections and which grades are prohibited from running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18960/24]

European Union

John Paul Phelan

256. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were necessitated, either in whole or in part, to transpose or give effect to regulations, directives or other measures passed at European Union level. [19171/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

257. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a substantive reply has issued to email correspondence sent to his office from a person (details supplied) dated 18 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19178/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Fitzmaurice

258. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if all front-line workers are covered by the same criteria to qualify for the long-Covid payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19282/24]

State Pensions

Duncan Smith

259. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans to reform legislation around the single public service pension scheme to allow fast accrual schemes such as for firefighters and gardaí to access a State pension when they retire in the same way as all other public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Catherine Murphy

260. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the first and full-year cost of applying a 10% increase to the amount spent under service level agreements and grant aid agreements with the community, voluntary, charity and social enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19349/24]

Local Authorities

Catherine Murphy

261. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19366/24]

Public Sector Staff

Paul Donnelly

262. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of appointments made from the 2022 principal officer panel in 2024; the balance between internal and external appointments during the lifetime of this panel; the number of applicants remaining on the panel; the number of appointments he expects to be made before a new competition is initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19409/24]

Office of Public Works

Niall Collins

263. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW will detail the amount of funding provided to a project (details supplied); the details of the scheme through which this funding was provided; where the promoters of similar projects can apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19444/24]

Office of Public Works

Niall Collins

264. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a map (details supplied) prepared by the OPW is available; if so, where a copy of same can be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19445/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Brendan Smith

265. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the funding allocated on an annual basis for flood relief schemes to Cavan County Council from 2019 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19456/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Brendan Smith

266. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the funding allocated on an annual basis for flood relief schemes to Monaghan County Council from 2019 to 2024 inclusive and if he will; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19457/24]

Work Permits

Michael Healy-Rae

267. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 23 April 2024, if he will provide further information in relation to production staff for fish processing in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Fergus O'Dowd

268. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18732/24]