214. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to review DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9955/26]
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215. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a State-led insurance scheme to assist householders who cannot avail of home insurance due to prior flooding events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10085/26]
216. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of credit unions who have invested in the Credit Union Approved Housing Body fund since its inception; the amounts invested; the total number of housing units delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9532/26]
217. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make the rent tax credit available to HAP tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9558/26]
218. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of rent tax credits claimed in Galway during the past year for which full year data is available; the number of the credits that were claimed in relation to student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/26]
219. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason taxpayers in the South are not able to claim tax relief for their child's student accommodation costs incurred at universities in the North; if consideration will be given to including student accommodation costs in the North in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9940/26]
220. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the Living City Initiative expansion for Dundalk and Drogheda will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9739/26]
221. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total 2025 tax receipts in income tax, VAT and corporation tax; the way in which these compare to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9957/26]
222. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to launch a transparency code as included in the Action Plan on Insurance Reform as the first priority action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9551/26]
223. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Government and the Central Bank are acting in accordance with the recommendations set out in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Services Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach’s Report on the Israeli Bond Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1005…
224. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on his preparations for Ireland’s EU Presidency; the way in which he plans to oversee budgetary discussions on the next Multiannual Financial Framework post-2027 in a manner that will safeguard Ireland’s fiscal interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9727/26]
225. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which the Government intends to remain within the net expenditure growth ceiling set out in Ireland’s Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan, given the projected upward pressure from age-related spending over the 2025–2029 adjustment period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9953/26]
226. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the capital acquisition tax rules in order that those who are childless can leave a greater amount to loved ones in their will without a large tax bill being incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9958/26]
227. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement regarding the EU Multiannual Financial Framework post-2027. [10075/26]
228. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the up-to-date position on publication of a national financial literacy strategy to support improved financial knowledge and understanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10061/26]
229. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the further measures he intends to introduce in 2026 to support households facing significant increases in mortgage repayments due to interest rate hikes; if he will consider expanding or extending the existing mortgage interest relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10069/26]
230. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any consideration or investigation is underway since Budget 2026 to assess the appropriateness of a VAT reduction to stimulate the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9540/26]
231. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline the progress he has made with regard to divesting State monies from companies which derive profits from their activities in the occupied Palestinian territories. [10076/26]
232. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has examined the potential of schemes to allow savers to invest more of Ireland's substantial household deposit savings into products which directly fund the delivery of major Irish public infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10071/26]
233. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount collected in stamp duty for residential properties in 2025; and the proportion of this amount applicable to first-time buyers.
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234. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing tax incentives or reliefs to encourage developers to invest in building hotels in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10088/26]
235. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [9928/26]
236. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach for an overview of the 'Budget 2026: Spotlight on Disability' report recently published by his Department. [9929/26]
237. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the Cabinet offshore energy clearinghouse. [9930/26]
238. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the number of staff directly responsible for cybersecurity, as distinct from IT, within his Department; if a threat analyst, vulnerability manager and a cyber infrastructure engineer are employed; if not in-house, if this work is outsourced. [9439/26]