Results 501-520 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 684. To ask the Minister for Finance the contingency plans in place should corporate tax receipts from US multinationals decline significantly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42591/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 653. To ask the Minister for Finance if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 654. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41521/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 655. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41539/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 656. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 657. To ask the Minister for Finance the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41575/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 658. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41593/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 659. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41611/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Programmes (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 670. To ask the Minister for Finance the means by which the delivery of the “Women in Finance” initiative will be delivered; if there is a timeframe for the delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 671. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the work carried out by her Department to examine the barriers facing farming women within the taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 683. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an updated assessment of the sustainability of Ireland’s public finances in light of the ESRI’s warning from June this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 685. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the governance and deployment criteria for the future Ireland fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 689. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in advance of Budget 2026 raising the maximum tax relief credit on health insurance premiums, presently capped at €200, in view of the substantial increases in health insurance costs over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42726/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 779. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total annual expenditure on external legal fees by all Government Departments and agencies under their aegis, for each of the past five years; the steps being taken to monitor and control such expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40848/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 780. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public bodies that reported legal costs exceeding €50,000 in any of the past three years; the purpose of these legal services; whether any central oversight exists to ensure value for money in procurement of legal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40849/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 781. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he has considered introducing guidelines or a centralised legal services framework to control escalating legal costs across the public service; if so, the timeline for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40850/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 782. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that public bodies adhere to the public spending code when procuring legal services; how compliance is monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40851/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 786. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40885/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 796. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41509/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 797. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41527/25]