380. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the distributional analysis of budget 2025 measures as published by the Department, showing impacts by income decile and household type. [5675/26]
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381. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of public houses in Ireland in December 2024; the estimated amount of alcoholic beverages sold, by category, by pubs in 2024; the total amount of VAT collected from pubs in 2024; and the total number of public houses which made VAT returns of less than €100,000 to the Revenue Commissioners in 2024. [6146/26]
382. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount contributed by the State to the World Bank in each year from 2000 to date. [6147/26]
383. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance what his Department currently considers the total population of the State to be; and the estimated number who are Irish citizens, nationals of the UK or EEA, or nationals of countries outside the UK or EEA. [6151/26]
384. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a targeted tax relief for people living with lung fibrosis who require long-term oxygen therapy, to help offset the significant energy costs associated with oxygen provision at home, similar to the relief available to individuals undertaking kidney dialysis at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6188/…
385. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will state the legal basis for the re-introduction of medical criteria via section 36 of the Finance Act 2020 that had been previously condemned by the Supreme Court; if he is satisfied that this section is consistent with Article 15.4.1 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6442/26]
386. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he accepts the principle under Article 34 of the Constitution that Supreme Court rulings are final and conclusive; the steps his Department is taking to ensure the disabled drivers scheme now aligns with these final rulings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6443/26]
387. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will clarify whether the terms and conditions of engagement for members of the disabled drivers medical board of appeal explicitly require that they act in full compliance with the fundamental obligations and rights contained in Article 40, and those derived from international agreements the State has entered into under Article 29; if…
388. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline his Department's formal response to the repeated warnings from the Ombudsman regarding the legality of the disabled drivers and passengers tax relief scheme; the financial and administrative steps taken to remedy these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6445/26]
389. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which his Department ensures that the administration of tax-based disability reliefs fulfils the duty of sincere cooperation under Article 4.3 TEU to align domestic financial law with EU values of equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6446/26]
390. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will clarify his Department's policy on disclosure of personal assessments by agencies under his aegis, in light of the Supreme Court conclusions in Nowak and Delaney; if he is satisfied that applicants for the primary medical certificate are provided with sufficient reasoning for decisions, given the conclusion in the Reeves judgment…
391. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a copy of the motion passed unanimously by South Dublin County Council, which was sent to the Taoiseach calling for fair reform of the disabled drivers scheme, has been forwarded to his Department for direct action; if so, the date on which his Department received this motion; the specific actions have been taken since; and if he will ma…
392. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific steps taken by his Department to ensure that the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal refrains from acts inconsistent with the UNCRPD, as per the requirements of Article 29 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6451/26]
393. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will clarify his Department's policy on responding to voluntary disclosure requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/26]
394. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the legal basis for suspending access to assessments for the primary medical certificate following a judgment (details supplied) given the conclusions of the Supreme Court in the Article 26 reference on the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004; if he accepts that statutory benefits under the disabled drivers scheme constitute a property rig…
395. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he accepts that under Article 34.4.6 of the Constitution, the decisions of the Supreme Court are final and conclusive; his views that all Government Ministers, civil servants, and staff in public or private organisations delivering public services have a primary constitutional obligation to respect, uphold, and deploy these final rulings…
396. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of the constitutional doctrine of "under-inclusiveness" as identified in the Reeves judgment and affirmed by the Supreme Court in the 2025 theory judgment; his views on whether the current medical criteria for the disabled drivers scheme are unconstitutionally under-inclusive by arbitrarily excluding citizens with significant…
397. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employers that have registered an intention to participate, filed a disclosure, and completed settlement under the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity as of 31 January 2026; the total value of tax, USC and PRSI regularised; the number of affected workers for whom manual PRSI records have been created; and if he will make a statement on t…
398. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of Karshan Disclosure Opportunity participants by NACE sector, indicating the number of disclosures received from State-linked entities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6569/26]
399. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to publish the legal or actuarial analysis that informed Revenue’s decision to confine the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity for the years 2024–2025; whether this limitation was approved by his Department’s legal advisers or the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/26]
400. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity or any associated settlement arrangement has been notified to the European Commission under Article 108(3) TFEU; if not, to explain the basis on which Revenue considers the scheme outside the scope of EU State-aid rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6571/26]
401. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to list all organisations consulted in the design of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity, distinguishing between employer, professional-services and worker or trade-union bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6572/26]
402. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for the estimated fiscal cost to the Exchequer of limiting Karshan-related liabilities to the years 2024–2025 rather than the full retrospective period of 2010–2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6573/26]
403. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employers denied access to the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity on the grounds of deliberate or careless misclassification; the number of investigations opened since September 2025 under the Code of Practice for Revenue Compliance Interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6574/26]
404. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Attorney General, the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, or any Court has reviewed the compatibility of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity with the Supreme Court judgment in Revenue v Karshan (Midlands) Ltd [2023] IESC 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6575/26]