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Cian O'Callaghan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
853. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax expenditures evaluations that will take place in 2026; if they will be made publicly available; and if so, when will they be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1494/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
854. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if State savings will introduce a new savings product that will at least match if not beat inflation as per the UK's equivalent NS&I Index-Linked Savings Certificates, noting that the return from the current Stave savings products do not match inflation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1519/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
855. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the changes being made to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1571/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
856. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, noting annual inflation for the 12 months to December 2025, State Savings will introduce a new savings product that will at least match, if not surpass, inflation in a similar manner to the UK's equivalent NS&I Index Linked Savings Certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1617/26]
Rory Hearne Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
857. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to utilise State Savings products to support housing delivery; the expected level of funding to come through the ISS for housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1631/26]
Albert Dolan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
858. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which a supplementary estimate or supplementary estimates was sought in respect of his Department’s Vote for each of the past ten years, and to the date in 2026; the gross and net amount involved in each case; and the Vote subheads to which each supplementary estimate related. [1792/26]
Albert Dolan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
859. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of expenditure originally allocated in the Estimates to specific programmes or staffing measures that could not be spent as planned within the year for each of the past five years; and whether such underspends were surrendered, carried forward, or reallocated to other areas within the Vote. [1815/26]
Emer Currie Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
860. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total estimated corporate tax take and the percentage that will be 'saved not spent' that is, used to pay down debt or transferred to a sovereign wealth or investment future fund in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1831/26]
Brendan Smith Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
861. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 November 2025, if he will ensure that employment is protected and the branch network retained in the event of the sale of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1884/26]
Grace Boland Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
862. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the Class A threshold in Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) to include bereaved partners in longstanding relationships, not covered by either marriage or the Civil Partnership Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1954/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
863. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the current practice with respect to the creation of an import declaration and the payment of VAT and import duties by a courier company; if it is a legal requirement that such companies or their appointed debt collection agencies must provide documentary proof of the amounts paid when pursuing collection of such fees from the affected t…
Barry Ward Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
864. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1980/26]
Grace Boland Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
865. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department, or any body under its aegis, has funded, or is funding, other than where legal costs were awarded against the employer by a court or tribunal, the legal costs of any current or concluded litigation taken by an employee or former employee against that Department or body, in each of the past five years; if so, to provide detail…
Grace Boland Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
866. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department, or a body under its aegis, may fund the legal costs of an employee or former employee in litigation where that employee is in dispute with, or taking proceedings against, the same body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2038/26]
Grace Boland Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
867. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the funding of employee legal costs in disputes against his Department, or a body under its aegis, is standard practice; if not, the circumstances in which such funding may be permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2056/26]
Grace Boland Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
868. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the guidance, codes, circulars or directions that govern the payment of legal costs by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in employment-related disputes, including any requirements under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies or Departmental sanction arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2…
Grace Boland Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
869. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the funding of employee legal costs in litigation against the employing body could give rise to governance, accountability, or value for money concerns; whether his Department has issued any guidance in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2092/26]
Grace Boland Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
870. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has reviewed, or intends to review, the practice of Departments, and bodies under their aegis, funding legal costs in employment disputes involving those same bodies; and if so, the outcome or timeline for such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2110/26]
Grace Boland Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
871. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether arrangements to fund legal costs in employment disputes involving his Department, or bodies under its aegis, require the prior approval of his Department or the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2128/26]
Brendan Smith Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
872. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Revenue has identified particular towns, road corridors or entry points in the Border region where illicit roll-your-own tobacco activity is concentrated; the additional actions being directed toward these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2184/26]
Paula Butterly Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
873. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of illicit tobacco manufacturing facilities, including any roll-your-own production sites, that have been detected or dismantled in the Border region over the past five years; the quantities of product seized in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2187/26]
David Maxwell Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
874. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the resources currently allocated to Revenue for the enforcement of controls on illicit roll-your-own tobacco, including staffing levels, specialist units and detection technology; if any additional measures are planned to strengthen enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2188/26]
Carol Nolan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
875. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of individual custom inspections conducted on incoming air and sea passengers at each individual port and airport in the State, in each of the years 2019 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2189/26]
Carol Nolan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
876. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which Revenue will track the implementation of the new regulation on the seizure of tobacco from passengers found to be carrying in excess of duty-free limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2190/26]
Carol Nolan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
877. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide data for 2025 on the number of cigarette and tobacco seizures carried out by the Revenue Commissioners; the location of each seizure; the volume and value of each seizure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2191/26]