230. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to publish a report or assessment into the basic income for artists scheme; his intention to continue and expand the scheme beyond 2025 and the 2,000 artists currently on the scheme; the timeline for a decision or announcement on any continuation, expansion or changes; and what other basic income schemes he or the Government are considering based on its performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22705/25]
229. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which his Department and the State intends to further develop and fund the regulation and moderation of social media content, particularly those expounding hateful or harmful rhetoric and content and especially content aimed at young people (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22686/25]
209. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the proposed establishment of a Gaelcholáiste for Dublin 2,4,6 and 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22693/25]
154. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has investigated the costs associated with providing funding for the mandatory ‘Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht’ for all student teachers, including public and private colleges and including higher education institutions transport costs; if she will share these costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22775/25]
130. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department has undertaken any analysis of the impact on the fiscal position of the State in circumstances where PhD students were treated as PAYE workers on average industrial wages or living wages, giving them all rights and benefits; if he will share this analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22785/25]
97. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has investigated the costs associated with bringing all private bus routes back into operation by publicly owned agencies such as Bus Éireann or Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22795/25]
22. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to review the travel advice for the United States in the context of the changed policy of border enforcement officials with respect to Irish citizens with legal residency or visitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22692/25]
5. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach the timeline for publication of a Government proposal on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [22694/25]
2586. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19103/25]
2508. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19098/25]
2507. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ring-fence CAO places so that students from previous years compete amongst themselves, and not directly against the class of 2025, whose grades are artificially lower by comparison; if not, if grade deflation will be applied to students from previous years entering the 2025 CAO system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19082/25]
2067. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19099/25]
1822. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19091/25]
1692. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19090/25]
1546. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19101/25]
1410. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19104/25]
1191. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19100/25]
1086. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19105/25]
839. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19093/25]
706. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19094/25]
705. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will supply any analysis from his Department on the domestic private investment landscape by sector, and in particular, in property versus non-property private investment; the steps he is taking to ensure private investment capital is not disproportionately allocated to property development in a way that over-concentrates domestic private capital risks and wider economic supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19089/25]
704. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to better encourage, through financial or non-financial measures, Irish private domestic investors and creditors to support the growth of Irish indigenous businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19088/25]
632. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19102/25]
574. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19096/25]
573. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that high savings deposits in Ireland are being adequately utilised to generate capital investment in the domestic economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19087/25]
572. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to bring down the costs of mortgage interest rates for homeowners and first-time buyers in the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19086/25]
571. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that savings deposit interest rates increase to at least the eurozone average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19085/25]
570. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the value of all exports to the United States, by subcategories of firms (details supplied); the details of sub-sectors that are most exposed in the international trade war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19084/25]
569. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has undertaken since the enactment of the Finance Act, 2024 to close the tax loopholes relating to pension contributions, as disclosed in a confidential Revenue Commissioners report from Summer 2023 reported in a newspaper (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19083/25]
385. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19106/25]
338. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19092/25]
254. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19095/25]
201. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19097/25]
173. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030. [19184/25]
291. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how he intends to incentivise research and development in public institutions and in private enterprise, and, in particular, in joint research initiatives between public institutions and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/25]
155. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans for holding an election for a directly elected mayor for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17869/25]
154. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the new debt-raising measures and financial instruments are under consideration for granting local authorities, in particular, for Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17868/25]
153. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the new revenue-raising measures under consideration for granting local authorities, in particular, for Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17867/25]
152. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policies in place to reduce dereliction in Dublin city; if he will revise the Derelict Sites Act 1990 and its provisions, including increased CPO powers for appropriate agencies; if he will seek additional resources for local authorities to tackle dereliction in forthcoming budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17866/25]
142. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide details on sports capital grants planned for 2025 onwards for Dublin 2, 4, 6, 6W, and 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17847/25]
129. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will introduce a new policy on the regulation of a company (details supplied) and other online platforms to reduce the number of homes currently available for short-term let and not available for long-term letting as a way of improving supply of rental properties to those that need them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17870/25]
89. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out a sectoral analysis to identify industries or regions in Ireland most exposed to the new US tariff measures; the outcome of any such analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17865/25]
88. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in shaping the Government’s strategic response to the US tariffs announced on 2 April 2025; the resources allocated for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17864/25]
87. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the planned trade promotion activities, diplomatic engagements or advocacy missions his Department will undertake in the United States over the next six months in response to the tariff announcement of 2 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/25]
86. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide information on the gross and net business closures across the State on a quarterly basis from 2019 to 2024 or for whichever interval is closest with the data available to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17862/25]
78. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide any framework or policy he is pursuing with the aim of reducing the cost of goods and services in Ireland, in particular, in public procurement processes and any advice he has received on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17861/25]
62. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual value of each tax cut measure introduced in each annual budget from Budget 2017 to Budget 2025. [17856/25]
61. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance to provide the most recent analysis on domestic credit availability in Ireland, in particular for indigenous businesses; how this compares to other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17855/25]
60. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance to supply the analysis he received with respect to the impact of global geopolitical and trade events on the economic scenarios facing the country over the next one to five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17854/25]
47. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport the Government's position on developing additional capacity in the driving testing centres in south Dublin to improve wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17849/25]