Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the current regime with respect to the taxation of carried interest paid to private equity managers; and the revenue raised by tax-carried interest at rates of 20%, 33% and 40%, respectively. [25838/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of non-domiciled individuals who have availed of the remittance basis of foreign income and gains in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of individuals who availed of this basis for more than three years; and if such figures are not recorded, whether he has any concerns that the remittance basis of foreign income and gains with respect to non-domiciled individuals is undermining equity within the taxation system. [25841/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the rent tax credit is in the tax base, under the stability programme update, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, and the amount in the base for each of those years. [25852/24]

Tax Data

Pearse Doherty

77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of private renters deemed eligible for the rent tax credit under the allocation provided for it in Budget 2024. [25853/24]

Coast Guard Service

Paul Kehoe

78. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the status of the proposed new station at Kilmore quay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25783/24]

Public Sector Pay

Rose Conway-Walsh

79. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if public sector pay increases are incorporated within the expenditure projects in the SPU, making specific reference to the second half of 2026 and 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25805/24]

Heritage Sites

Bernard Durkan

80. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to indicate, in light of recent developments at Castletown, Celbridge, County Kildare, whether the spending of €25 million on the project was wise given that the next door neighbour clearly intends to impede access to the house and gardens by placing a locked gate on the access route from the M4; if such a possibility was considered previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25833/24]

Heritage Sites

Bernard Durkan

81. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what provision is currently available for emergency services to access Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare from the M4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25834/24]

Trade Unions

Thomas Pringle

82. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what measures his Department currently employs to ensure that practices, commonly understood to constitute union busting, are not carried out in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25799/24]

National Minimum Wage

Bríd Smith

83. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions the Government is considering in relation to the implementation of the adequate minimum wage Directive; if certain policy changes will be included (details supplied); the other policy changes being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25806/24]

Special Educational Needs

Claire Kerrane

84. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will examine and review the special education teaching hours for a school (details supplied) given the school meets the unique circumstances (point C) as laid down in the review request form for the allocation of special education teaching supports. [25812/24]

Question Heading for question(s) 85

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

85. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if school places can be provided for a cohort of children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25822/24]

School Funding

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

86. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if additional funding will be supplied to a school in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25839/24]

School Equipment

Steven Matthews

87. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education her position regarding the number of schools in Wicklow that have completed solar panel projects under the free school solar scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25843/24]

School Equipment

Steven Matthews

88. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education her position regarding the number of schools in County Wicklow that have initiated applications for solar panel funding under the free national roll-out but have not yet had works commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25844/24]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Sorca Clarke

89. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Sorca Clarke den Aire Oideachais Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachas cén fáth go bhfuil líon na n-áiteanna ar an mBaitsiléir san Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge (Bunmhúinteoireacht) in Institiúid Oideachais Marino laghdaithe go 40 i mbliana ó 60 mar a bhí sé anuraidh, i gcomhthéacs an ghanntanais múinteoirí atá ag imirt tionchar ar earnáil an Ghaeloideachais, ar an Oideachas Gaeltachta agus ar theagasc na Gaeilge i scoileanna Béarla; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [25848/24]

Schools Administration

Brendan Smith

90. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education when she will address anomalies in legislation and regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25883/24]

School Funding

Brendan Smith

91. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25885/24]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

92. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff hired in local authority planning departments since the publication of the Business Case for Resources for the Planning Function of Local Authorities in 2022 by the Local Government Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/24]

Local Authorities

Claire Kerrane

93. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct a local authority (details supplied) to review a particular service provided under local government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25823/24]