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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Mark Wall Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
554. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of equity funds the Irish Strategic Investment Fund has invested in; the number of these which have invested in private and for-profit childcare companies; the dividends or monies the State has received from these investments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18748/25]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
555. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the €115,000 annual earnings cap for pension contribution tax relief in line with inflation and wage growth since its introduction in 2011, to ensure that workers can adequately save for their retirement. [18768/25]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
556. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the recommendations from a report (details supplied) on pensions, particularly the proposal to remove the annual pension contribution limits, including the €115,000 earnings cap; and to outline the Government's position on this matter. [18769/25]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
557. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing retrospective pension contributions for individuals who were unable to maximise their tax-relieved contributions in previous years due to the €115,000 earnings cap. [18770/25]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
558. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider aligning the €115,000 earnings cap for pension contributions with the standard fund threshold, which is set to increase incrementally to €2.8 million by 2029, in order to provide greater flexibility for retirement savings. [18771/25]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
559. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work of the interdepartmental government working group established to examine recommendations from a report (details supplied), including changes to pension contribution limits and taxation policies. [18772/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
560. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will be represented at political level at the Financing for Development summit in Seville this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/25]
Paul Lawless Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
561. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Finance the current threshold rates for PAYE tax; if there are plans to raise the lower threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/25]
Catherine Callaghan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
562. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending inheritance tax thresholds for individuals who have no children of their own and would like to leave an inheritance to a niece or nephew; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18831/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
563. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the work his Department is doing to publish a new action plan for insurance reform, as included in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18882/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
564. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a waiver to gift and inheritance tax incurred in circumstances where someone dies while owning a home with their partner, to whom they are not married (details supplied); to waive the tax from the surviving partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18893/25]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
565. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the exemption for CGT on the sale of shares from €1,270; the cost to the exchequer of such a change; if an evaluation of such a change can been made against the revenue return on the release of the equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18904/25]
John Lahart Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
566. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the help-to-buy schemes to first-time buyers for second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
567. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance to reinstate the home renovation incentive tax relief (details supplied). [18957/25]
John Lahart Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
568. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the disparities in the inheritance tax thresholds between individuals with children and those without, or those without close relatives; if he acknowledges the concerns regarding the current system (details supplied); if he plans to review this system to ensure fairness and equity for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19068/25…
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
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]
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
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]
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
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]
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
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]
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
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]
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
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]
Johnny Guirke Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
575. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected in Meath in each of the past five years from local property tax, in tabular form. [19108/25]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
576. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide the details of revenue raised by taxation of dog breeding establishments; from 2018 to date, in tabular form. [19162/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
577. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment,…
Peadar Tóibín Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
578. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for the hierarchy in the thresholds in relation to the tax-free threshold for capital acquisition tax and the treatment of childless individuals under its terms; how it is equitable that childless individuals are treated in such contrasting terms to those who have children and seeking to pass on assets to them; if he will publish any documentation…