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Shay Brennan Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Transport
370. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport if he can support the expansion of the disabled parking permit scheme to include “flight risk” diagnoses where specialised equipment is required. [9232/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
371. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost if the stamp duty on first-time house buyers on houses valued at less than €370,000 was scrapped based on 2025 figures. [7383/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
372. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the stamp duty increased to 5% on the portion of houses that were sold in excess of €1 million based on 2025 figures. [7384/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
373. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether tenants in cost rental accommodation are eligible to claim the rent tax credit; if not, the basis for their exclusion; if such tenants remain eligible to claim income tax relief on qualifying medical expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7395/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
374. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to explain the policy reasoning behind applying a higher-than-normal rate of capital gains tax to exchange-traded funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7581/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
375. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amounts in dividend payments made to the State in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, by commercial semi-State companies and non-commercial semi-State companies, by year and by company, in tabular form. [7605/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
376. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of DT1 forms submitted each year since 2016; the total estimated market value at time of disposition for each year; the total revenue raised by the discretionary trust tax both in the form of the initial 6% charge and annual 1% charge, in tabular form. [7613/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to his stated intention to introduce additional regulation of high-cost credit and consumer lending, the specific categories of lending he proposes to regulate, including online retail credit, premium finance arrangements, and other non-bank consumer credit providers; and the policy objectives such regulation is intended to achieve. [7623/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or the Central Bank has assessed the scale and growth of high-cost and unregulated consumer lending in the State over the past five years; the number of providers operating in this space; and the estimated number of consumers currently accessing such credit. [7624/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
379. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he accepts that a significant proportion of consumers who access high-cost or unregulated credit do so due to exclusion from mainstream banking; whether any socio-economic analysis has been undertaken on the profile of such borrowers; and how proposed regulatory measures will prevent vulnerable consumers being exposed to exploitative lending …
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the regulatory proposals he has signalled will include statutory caps on total credit cost or effective annual percentage rates for both regulated and currently unregulated consumer lending; and if not, the justification for permitting high interest rates in circumstances where borrowers have limited or no alternative access to credit. [7626/…
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
381. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the timeline by which he expects draft legislative or regulatory proposals on high-cost credit to be brought forward; whether public consultation or impact assessment will form part of this process; and how consumer protection outcomes will be measured once any new regulatory framework is introduced. [7627/26]
Ann Graves Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
382. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on reforming the current capital acquisitions tax (CAT) thresholds (details supplied) which continue to create significant inequality and discrimination within the Irish tax system. [7719/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he approved, or intends to approve, any policy direction arising from the current public consultation on the modernisation of withholding taxes (eWHT), including Professional Services Withholding Tax and Relevant Contracts Tax, that would require businesses to provide payment or financial data to the Revenue Commissioners on a real-time or ne…
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
384. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether a regulatory impact assessment or cost-benefit analysis has been carried out, or is planned, in respect of proposals contained or implied within the consultation on the modernisation of withholding taxes, particularly regarding the potential requirement for businesses to integrate their financial or accounting systems electronically with the …
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
385. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any proposed move toward continuous or real-time reporting or withholding under a modernised withholding tax regime would require primary legislation approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas; whether he will confirm that no expansion of withholding tax mechanisms beyond their current statutory scope will occur without such legislation; and if…
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
386. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration that has been given to data protection, commercial confidentiality, and system liability issues arising from proposals to increase the frequency and automation of data exchanges between businesses and the Revenue Commissioners under the proposed eWHT framework; whether these considerations have been assessed at policy level within h…
Matt Carthy Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
387. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/26]
Paul Lawless Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
388. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Revenue Commissioners phone line for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme (01 7383671) is extremely difficult to access, with the line restricted to 9.30am-1.30pm; if he will provide current call handling statistics; the steps he will take to ensure that applicants receive timely support under this scheme; and …
Carol Nolan Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
389. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax relief options available for family-run businesses in agriculture; the impact assessments of recent budget changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7866/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
390. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the past two years. [7929/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
391. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the past two years. [7947/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
392. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 28 May 2025, which source of data the Revenue Commissioners used to estimate the cost of reducing VAT on bicycles in his reply. [8109/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
393. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount the State has paid in own resources tax for unrecycled plastic packaging; and if he will co-operate with the Minister of State for the Circular Economy to explore options to reduce this cost, by increasing the quantity of plastic packaging recycled, or by reducing the quantity of plastic packaging placed on the market in Ireland. [811…
Emer Currie Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Finance
394. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Ireland’s position on EU excise equalisation proposals relating to RYO products, given the concerns of border county retailers over the potential of increased prices to fuel both cross-border retail leakage and further increases in illicit trade in RYO products on top of the exiting high rates of illicit trade as set-out in the Revenue 2025 survey. […