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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (23 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is provision in legislation to enable local authorities to disregard some income from assessment under the housing adaptation for people with a disability scheme in circumstances of profound disabilities; to outline the legislation and the steps that need to be taken by the applicant to have income disregarded; and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (24 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending exemptions on property tax to people who are on fixed pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43651/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Grant Payments (6 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the grant for electric taxis will continue in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45355/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason no meaningful habitat enhancement works have been carried out on the Owenriff system in County Galway that straddles two special areas of conservation due to the devastating ecological effects of an illegal introduction of invasive pike esox lucius circa 2009, considering that the now defunct Western...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason, given that the initial public consultation on the proposed Waterford Fisheries District, (River Barrow) Angling Limitations during Salmon Spawning Run Bye-Law (No. 1011) 2024, signed on 17 September this year, ran for a two-week period ending on 20 August 2019, it took five years for a basic fisheries...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Angling Sector (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI) established by himself in November 2020 has now been rebranded as the Angling Advisory Group (AAG); who the participants are in the AAG; the key policy targets of the AAG; why there was no public notification surrounding the revamp considering the overt and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44008/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of electric vehicle, EV, buses deployed in Ireland over the past three years; the breakdown of these EV buses between State-run public transport services and the commercial bus sector during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44003/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific measures and incentives his Department has introduced to promote the uptake of electric buses across both public and commercial transport sectors; how effective these measures have been to date; if he is satisfied that the current rate of EV bus deployment and other sustainable transport initiatives will allow the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties in Dublin that qualified for the help-to-buy scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44196/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale to cap the maximum employer contribution of a PRSA to 100% of an individual’s salary in the year of payment from 1 January 2025; if there was significant evidence of abuse of the previous structure where annual contributions from employers were only limited by the SF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44197/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the relative success of the croí cónaithe (cities) scheme, the secure tenancy affordable rental, STAR, investment scheme and project tosaigh, in terms of delivered units and units expected to be delivered in late 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44195/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to a 2021 circular which allowed public sector staff to work until 70 years of age, if a fire service station officer, who will turn 65 in 2025, can continue working until 70, or if they must retire after 40 years’ service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45132/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the chairperson of the local community safety partnership for Galway City Council has been appointed; if not, to provide a timeframe for their appointment; the name of the appointee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45130/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (5 Nov 2024)

Noel Grealish: 803. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional funding can be allocated to the Legal Aid Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45131/24]

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Noel Grealish: I thank everyone for their contributions and for their messages of goodwill to the Minister, Deputy Heydon, and me. My good friend, Deputy Fitzmaurice, said they were giving us a short stay of execution. I hope I get a bit of a longer one because I am only new in this Department, while the Minister has been there for the past five years. Listened to the debate, I note what Deputy...

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Noel Grealish: I know. It was my first speech as a Minister of State.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Noel Grealish: Deputy Bacik should withdraw that comment. They got elected here the same as her.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Noel Grealish: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Noel Grealish: Get a majority and vote it down.