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Ged Nash Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
552. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 29 July 2025, if the updated figures from the Revenue Commissioners for 2026 referred to in the reply are available and can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46540/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
553. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would raised by increasing the remote betting duty by 1%; if there are any restrictions on the ability of the State to apply differing rates of betting duty and remote betting duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46554/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
554. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the estimated cost of abolishing the LPT assumes a 0% adjustment at each local authority; or to clarify the level of assumed adjustment within the costing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46555/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
555. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance what share of mortgages with non-lending non-banks also known as vulture funds are on interest only mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46556/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
556. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the Exchequer of implementing a €48.50 per tonne of CO2 emitted from the 1 January 2026 on a first and full-year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46557/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
557. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the scheduled 2026 carbon tax increase is contained within the Revenue Commissioners projections set out in the annual progress report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46558/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
558. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the annual revenue generated by businesses from the sale of period products including pads, tampons and other menstrual hygiene products. [46571/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
559. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised as a result of the high-income individuals’ restriction measure each year since 2016; the income level applied for each year and the effective tax rate; the number of taxpayers that self-declare each year in their tax returns that they are subject to the restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46581/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
560. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated savings from removing tax credits from incomes above €100,000 based off the latest data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46582/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
561. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance to provide an updated assessment of Irish household debt-service ratios after the August cut and current gilt-yield dynamics of a bank (details supplied); his view on spillovers to Irish banks’ funding costs and mortgage rates ahead of Budget 2026. [46612/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
562. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the central bank of Ireland’s issuing of Israeli bonds is not in violation of the States obligations under the UN genocide convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46613/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
563. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised in the first year by increasing non-resident landlord withholding tax to 40%; the estimated revenue raised in the first year by increasing non-resident landlord withholding tax to 40% and removing all exemption to the withholding tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46614/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
564. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to designate psychotherapy and counselling services as VAT exempt services; if his Department has undertaken any analysis on the cost of designating these services as VAT exempt services; if so, the amount such a designation would cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46626/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
565. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the full costs to the State involved in storing and maintaining the MV Matthew ship since it was seized; the details of the disposal process; and the reason for the long delay involved. [46632/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
566. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the lack of availability of insurance for mobility scooters; the steps his Department will take to address this issue for individuals with decreased mobility who seek to insurance their mobility scooters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46637/25]
Emer Currie Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
567. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance his response to the Tax Strategy Group’s General Excise Paper, which found that “notable increases in the volume of products being consumed outside the scope of Irish excise duty raises concerns that price increases may be creating greater incentives for illegal market activity”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46659/25]
Emer Currie Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
568. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the number of convictions secured to date in 2025 for the illegal sale of tobacco products, and for the smuggling of tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46660/25]
Emer Currie Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
569. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if he has met or plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied) before the budget regarding their pre-budget submission. [46685/25]
Emer Currie Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
570. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that the European Commission has cited Sweden’s ISK model as best practice for encouraging savers to invest in stock and shares; and if he has given consideration to the way in which Ireland can introduce an accessible ISK-type model in line with EU proposals for a savings and investment union. [46686/25]
Emer Currie Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
571. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the extension of taxsaver relief to more forms of sustainable transport and shared mobility as part of budget 2026. [46692/25]
Emer Currie Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
572. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed proposals to extend taxsaver relief to more forms of sustainable transport and shared mobility as part of budget 2026. [46693/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
573. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that Ireland is no longer the home country for Israeli bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46766/25]
Ged Nash Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
574. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank received any requests from the Israeli authorities to renew that state's bond prospectus prior to the expiry of the 2024 prospectus, which was in place until the 1 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46806/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
575. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance the role Ireland will play in EU regulatory decisions in such contexts as oversight for diaspora bond approvals has shifted to Luxembourg; and if this change prompt reassessment of Irelands financial regulatory mandate. [46824/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
576. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given in Budget 2026 to reducing VAT on essential food items, in view of Eurostat figures showing Irish food inflation running at 5% in August 2025, nearly three times the headline rate of inflation. [46826/25]