778. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has carried out any assessment of the number of borrowers who lost a home through repossession or voluntary surrender following the 2008 financial crisis and who have been unable to access mortgage credit since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62277/26]
779. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the retention period applied to adverse credit records on the Central Credit Register; whether repossessions, voluntary surrenders or mortgage arrears arising from the 2008 to 2013 period are recorded on the Central Credit Register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62276/26]
821. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to broadening the qualifying conditions for the seafarers' allowance, which as currently drafted are confined to seafarers employed on EU-registered vessels used solely for the carriage of passengers or cargo for reward, so as to reflect the realities of contemporary maritime employment including crew serving on yachts;…
822. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the seafarers' allowance, introduced in 1998, has been reviewed or uprated at any point since its introduction; if his Department has carried out, or will carry out, any assessment comparing the relief available to Irish seafarers with the seafarers' earnings deduction available in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
823. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed the seafarers' allowance in each of the past five years; the total cost of the allowance to the Exchequer in each of those years; the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance from its current level of 6,350 euro to 10,000 euro, to 15,000 euro and to 20,000 euro respectively; and if he will make a statemen…
824. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to reconcile the Government's stated policy of reducing the cost of fuel for households with the scheduled increase in carbon tax due to take effect on 14 October 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63391/26]
825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has advised that the trajectory of scheduled carbon tax increases to 2030 could be examined, revised, paused or deferred; the precise terms of any such advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63389/26]
826. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any analysis, report or advice provided to him in 2025 on carbon tax has set out the projected cumulative effect of scheduled increases on the cost of home-heating oil, coal, gas, petrol and diesel over the period to 2030; the specific figures contained in any such analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63388/26]
827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has, at any point in 2025, examined or modelled the status and future trajectory of carbon tax increases; the date on which any such analysis was commissioned and completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63387/26]
828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current amount of carbon tax applied to a typical 500-litre fill of kerosene home-heating oil; the amount it will rise to following the increase scheduled to take effect on 14 October 2025; the further amounts it is scheduled to reach in each year from 2026 to 2030 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63386/26]
863. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the assessment his Department has made of the appropriate European Union legal framework for the proposed on-trade sustainability scheme; whether it will be considered under State aid rules or under the Alcohol Structures Directive; whether any engagement has taken place or is planned with the European Commission on the matter; and if he will make a …
864. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has costed the proposed on-trade sustainability scheme; the estimated annual Exchequer cost of the scheme as assessed by his Department; the number of licensed premises that would be eligible to benefit; and if the Minister will make a statement on the matter. [63856/26]
865. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has received representations regarding the introduction of an on-trade sustainability scheme, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied) for the licensed trade; if such a scheme is under consideration in the context of Budget 2027; the assessment that has been made of the proposal to date; and if the Minister will make a stat…
874. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or the Revenue Commissioner has identified any evidence of Irish retail investment products being used for the purposes of tax avoidance. [64062/26]
875. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has identified any other tax jurisdictions in the world which apply a deemed disposal rule, or another form of “guardrail”, because it views retail investment as a likely form of tax avoidance. [64060/26]
876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if provision will be made for existing investors to transfer some or all of their investments to new personal investment accounts without being subject to exit tax or other charges. [64058/26]
878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the expected number of Irish individual investors who will be liable to pay taxes in 2027 as a result of the decision to defer the abolition of the deemed disposal rule. [64056/26]
879. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the rationale for backtracking on the clear commitment in the funds review to abolish the deemed disposal rule across the board the logic for needing a further detailed consideration of the proposed abolition of the rule when a decision has already been made to abolish the rule in the limited context of new personal investment accounts. [6…
887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated additional annual receipts to the Exchequer and to the Social Insurance Fund, in income tax, arising from the increases in the national minimum wage since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64438/26]
890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether a single system exists linking the budget line that authorises expenditure through to the tender, contract award, purchase order, invoice and final payment across central Government; the proportion of total procurement expenditure that can currently be traced on an end-to-end basis; and …
891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether unique identifiers are applied to suppliers, tenders, contracts and payments on a consistent basis across public bodies to allow procurement data to be aggregated and compared; if no such common identifiers exist, the plans in place to introduce them; and if he will make a statement on t…
892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out the procurement spend data collected by the Office of Government Procurement in each year since 2019; whether the collection of project level procurement spend data was reduced or discontinued after 2019; the reason for any such change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of public bodies that report procurement data in a machine readable format and the number that report in non machine readable formats such as PDF; the number of public bodies not currently publishing Contract Award Notices as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…
324. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport when the proposed legislative changes regarding the standard against which a garda's driving is measured during pursuits will be brought forward; if a timeline has been agreed with An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55450/26]
360. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if his Department maintains a national dataset distinguishing e-scooter accidents involving compliant devices (20kmh, 400 watt, 25kg limits) from those involving non-compliant or overpowered devices; if not, the reason; and if his Department will commit to establishing such a dataset. [55099/26]