Parliamentary questions

Office of Government Procurement

Michael Creed

232. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform why the Office of Government Procurement has not granted a contract (details supplied) to the most economically competitive price submitted; if he will identify the sourcing team involved in the adjudication in this case; if he will explain why having decided to divide the country into 16 distinct lots for the purpose of this contract it subsequently decided to allocate the contract to a UK company for the entire country; if he will review this specific decision in light of the above and review the oversight of sourcing teams and their considerable powers; and if he will further clarify who is obliged to purchase from the preferred tenderer in circumstances where the public purse would be better served financially by allowing the entities obliged to purchase from cheaper providers who are Irish SME businesses. [3936/24]

Housing Schemes

Michael Creed

329. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will expedite the regulations and instructions to local authorities to give effect to the announcement last October of extending the local authority home loan scheme to renovations; if he will ensure that maximum discretion is allowed to local authorities to deal with the many and varied circumstances that they encounter in this regard; and if he will give a timeline for the introduction of these regulations. [3926/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

382. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive child benefit. [4151/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

438. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their young farmer top-up payment. [3818/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

442. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their ACRES payment. [3902/24]

Postal Services

Michael Creed

66. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will clarify the legal obligation on post and parcel delivery services to certify parcel delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3174/24]

Financial Irregularities

Michael Creed

202. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance arising from the published reports into secrecy surrounding financial transactions in Cyprus (details supplied), if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to conduct a trawl of Irish owned companies funded with monies from Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2426/24]

Financial Irregularities

Michael Creed

203. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that money laundered via Cyprus is not being invested in Ireland; the steps which the Revenue Commissioners is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2427/24]

Office of Government Procurement

Michael Creed

224. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how the tender process operates for the Office of Government Procurement; if he will specifically outline how the Office of Government Procurement defines the most economically advantageous tender; how cost, product quality and environmental sustainability of the product are factored into the procurement process; if he will further clarify who exactly is obliged to procure from the successful tenderer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2442/24]

Civil Marriages

Michael Creed

379. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection how a person can become registered as a marriage solemniser; if such positions are open to non-Departmental staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2411/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

383. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had their rent allowance withdrawn and if she can make arrangements for the reinstatement of same. [2448/24]

Legal Services Regulation

Michael Creed

419. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice the steps she will take to address the cost of litigation through the Irish courts; if she accepts that this cost is denying many access to justice; if she will introduce legislation to allow for third party litigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2409/24]

Departmental Policies

Michael Creed

474. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his Departments intentions regarding an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2591/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

485. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has had such a significant reduction in their farm payments this year. [2891/24]

Health Services

Michael Creed

610. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment for their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2628/24]

Economic Sanctions

Michael Creed

47. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given the European Court of Justice ruling in 2022 to bar public transparency on beneficial ownership and the international consortium of investigative journalists findings from their “Cyprus Confidential” investigations showing clear evidence of money laundering and EU sanction evasions by Russian oligarchs in Cyprus, the initiatives envisaged at a European Union-level to counteract this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1646/24]

Road Traffic Accidents

Michael Creed

176. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the data available to TII regarding fatal and non-fatal accidents on a stretch of the N22 (details supplied) over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56381/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Michael Creed

177. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the weekday average traffic count threshold used by TII for the identification of roadways for improvement from single lane to dual carriageway/motorway standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56382/23]

National Car Test

Michael Creed

185. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the approach by the contractor approved to carry out NCT tests whereby the applicants are required to re-present for a test less than twelve months after passing their most recent NCT, as a consequence of the delays in securing appointments when due for their original test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56691/23]

Tax Code

Michael Creed

313. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance what consideration has been given by him to a more favourable VAT and customs regime for products deemed to be more environmentally friendly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56511/23]