51. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total number of protection notices/form PN1 submitted each year since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3625/25]
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52. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total number of agreements entered into by the Revenue Commissioners to reduce the tax liability, interest, or surcharge resulting from tax avoidance transactions each year since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3626/25]
53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of court cases that have been required to determine the application of a surcharge, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3627/25]
54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases ruled in the Revenue Commissioners favour, in tabular form; the average surcharge following a legal challenge; the average time taken to reach a court ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3628/25]
55. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will prioritise the introduction of a new regional AV tax credit in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3645/25]
56. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if the revenue accruing from the issuance of excise licenses is ring-fenced for expenditure on measures specific to the sector subject to the licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3665/25]
57. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated tax revenue loss to the Irish Exchequer due to illicit tobacco trade; if this is expected to increase in the absence of clear EU tax policy guidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3670/25]
58. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the impact of the EU’s delayed Tobacco Tax Directive on the Irish legal tobacco market; his views on whether uncertainty around taxation is increasing the prevalence of illicit tobacco trade in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3672/25]
59. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3674/25]
60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance regarding the transfer of occupational pensions to other EU jurisdictions under the IORP II Directive (Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive), to provide the number of transfer requests and accompanying declarations signed by the individual concerned that have been submitted each year since 2012 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will…
61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the list of all bona fide reasons for transferring a pension that Revenue will accept; to confirm that transferring a pension for the purpose of avoiding tax is illegal; to confirm that moving a pension funds overseas to circumvent the requirements of Irish tax legislation would not be approved by Revenue and that this would result in the withdrawal …
62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of approved transfers to pension schemes overseas approved by Revenue each year since 2014, in tabular form; a breakdown by destination country, the average transfer value; the number of transfers that were not approved and the average claw back; and the share of transfers, both approved and not approved, that are for public sector and the share that…
63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programs or Department operations, if any, are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3707/25]
64. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Finance if, following the changes to benefit in kind in January 2025, consideration can be given to reviewing cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3771/25]
65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value, and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are classified under ‘business-as-usual outsourcing’ for annual …
66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance when the report ‘Funds Sector 2030: A Framework for Open, Resilient & Developing Markets’ will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3806/25]
67. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reasons his Department has changed its policy on blended work for staff of his Department; the rationale for the change; what it will mean for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3840/25]
68. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance whether Irish sovereign wealth and investment funds have investments in illegally occupied territories in Palestine and the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3900/25]
69. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance whether Irish sovereign wealth and investment funds have investments in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3901/25]
70. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an urgent update on the work undertaken by the Office of Public Works to identify a permanent driving test centre site in Drogheda; what communication has taken place between the Office of Public Works and the Road Safety Authority in the past 12 months; if he will outline the potential sites th…
71. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works was informed of the deaths from bubonic plague (also known as the Black Death) of monkeys at Dublin Zoo in the Phoenix Park in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3698/25]
72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programmes or Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if h…
73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value, and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are cl…
74. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm when a project (details supplied), which has been granted planning permission can proceed; if this project has been advertised in order that tenders can be submitted; when it is likely that the tender process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3816/25]
75. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the new national development plan will be announced. [3827/25]