414. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending relief from Customs Duty and VAT on tools of the trade to returning Irish citizens employed in the construction sector who do not meet the sole-trader criteria for Transfer of Business relief; and if not, the reason for this position. [10005/26]
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415. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amounts of payment fraud in Ireland in 2022, 2023 and 2024, broken down by payment instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10034/26]
416. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average credit union housing loan issued to end December 2024 and to end December 2025; the total amount of outstanding housing loans issued by credit unions to end December 2024 and to end December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10035/26]
417. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount of SEPA instant payments made in Ireland to December 2025; and the average payment value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10036/26]
418. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the point at which it becomes a matter for the Houses of the Oireachtas when a statutory tribunal confirms an accountability gap that only the executive has the power to fix (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10038/26]
419. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the way in which Ireland can insulate itself from potential trade shocks that may arise from recent events in Venezuela. [1753/26]
420. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the outcome of his recent visit to California in respect of Ireland’s economic and financial relationship with the State; the discussions held on investment, job creation and engagement with multinational employers; whether any commitments or opportunities for further inward investment or expansion in Ireland arose; and if he will make a statement o…
421. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance how fiscal policy will move beyond once-off supports to permanently reduce cost-of-living pressures for low and middle-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/26]
422. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the threshold for help-to-buy applicants from €500,000 in Budget 2026 in view of the increase in housing and construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10108/26]
423. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider broadening the scope of professions included in the guidelines for flat-rate expenses for self-supplied uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10109/26]
424. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 397–403 of 27 January 2026, to clarify whether Section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 prevents the Revenue Commissioners from providing aggregated and anonymised statistical information (details supplied): and, if such information cannot be provided, to identify the specific statutory provision rel…
425. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any estimate, internal model or fiscal impact analysis was prepared by the Revenue Commissioners or his Department regarding the cost to the Exchequer of limiting Karshan-related liabilities to the years 2024–2025, instead of applying the Supreme Court judgment retrospectively; if no such estimate was prepared, to explain if the Governmen…
426. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 399–404 of 27 January 2026, whether the Revenue Commissioners obtained any written legal advice of any kind (including internal Revenue legal advice, advice from external counsel or advice from any departmental legal unit) specifically addressing: the compatibility of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity with …
427. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10154/26]
428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of inheritance tax that has been paid by group a, group b and group c in each of the last ten years. [10194/26]
429. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average value of businesses that have been inherited in each of the past ten years. [10195/26]
430. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average value of farms that have been inherited in each of the past ten years. [10196/26]
431. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to end the Central Bank’s facilitation of the sale of Israeli bonds in the EU, given that the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach, in its report on the Israeli bonds programme, published on 5 August 2025, unanimously found that these bonds assist the f…
432. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the development of the roadmap referenced in Budget 2026 concerning the simplification and adaptation of the tax framework for retail investment (details supplied); the progress made to date in preparing this roadmap; whether engagement has taken place with stakeholders or with the European Commission regarding its r…
433. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline whether persons affected by changes in the methods of enforcement and/or taxation of a State pension while in receipt of an additional occupational pension were informed of these changes in advance; the degree to which these communications were issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10330/26]
434. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has considered the interaction between U.S. federal estate tax and Irish capital acquisitions tax where Irish residents hold U.S. situs assets. [10348/26]
435. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department is satisfied that current unilateral relief under Section 107 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 adequately protects the Irish tax base, given that U.S. estate tax rates commonly exceed Irish CAT rates, thereby frequently reducing the Irish CAT yield on such assets to nil. [10349/26]
436. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has examined the feasibility and fiscal impact of introducing a narrowly targeted CGT-neutral restructuring mechanism to allow Irish residents to transfer direct U.S. situs securities into Irish or EU regulated funds without triggering immediate capital gains tax, subject to anti-abuse safeguards. [10350/26]
437. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the appropriateness of the €100,000 limit on savings applicable to the credit union sector as outlined in regulation 35 of SI 1 of 2016 as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10406/26]
438. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether a cross-agency review involving Revenue is underway in relation to an employment model, corporate governance, and franchise practices (details supplied). [10761/26]