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Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: Other Deputies have outlined the level of waste of public money on various projects, such as the national children's hospital, the Dáil printer that did not fit into a room, the art scanner that was bought for €125,000 without anyone thinking about where to put it, the bike shelter, the security hut and so on. The list of these projects goes on. What drives people mad is that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: And 40,000 houses.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022 and other Bills which may be associated with it. [9996/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: A thousand people killed in 48 hours and no sanctions.

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: I do not expect this Government to tell the truth about anything relating to housing in light of the Taoiseach's repeated refusal to confirm or deny that the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform deliberately misled the Irish people during the general election, but here are some truths. Since April 2023, 2,500 households have been prevented from...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion and the carers who are doing the work, day in and day out. For nearly 20 years I worked as a family support worker. In the course of that time, I came across many young people who were carers for one or both of their parents. We tried to give them as much support as we could but it was never enough because while we could finish our...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting later this year. [9575/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 223. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the new C295W military transport aircraft to come into Air Corps fleet. [9579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated amount spent on purchasing specialist fire appliances for the Defence Forces fire services in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [9580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority intends to provide a PSO bus route from Dublin to Kerry directly. [9587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bus Éireann buses that left Dublin Airport to different parts of the country for each specific route in the month of January 2025. [9588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by establishing two new income tax bands of 46% on earnings between €140,000 and €200,000 and 50% on earnings over €200,001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 314. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of WTE investigation officers at the grade of executive officer working in the Office of Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [9586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 347. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recruitment campaign for a new CEO at Enterprise Ireland is being advertised outside of the State or just within the State. [9593/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide the total amount paid in cash, the total amount paid directly to a bank account and the amount lodged directly to an account at a post office in respect of each category of welfare payment administered by his Department in 2024. [9594/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade in each employment support team within Intreo offices within Dublin as of 25 February 2025, in tabular form. [9595/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of single persons with no dependents that received more than €24,000 in social welfare payments administered by his Department during 2024 and to provide a breakdown of those recipients by the total amount received. [9596/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available this year for the replacement of Garda prisoner transport trucks and the current ages of those trucks that are currently in use. [9597/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Operation Táirge and the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation to date. [9599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked Garda vans that came into the fleet in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of marked vans withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [9600/25]