427. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department tracks the total amount of tax revenue collected annually from electricity supplied to businesses in each of the past five years; the projected yield for the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19211/26]
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428. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of expanding the qualifying expenditures under the R&D credit in each of the years 2024 and 2025; the estimated cost for expansion of the R&D tax credit in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19212/26]
429. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Government has examined the impact of VAT and other Exchequer-imposed charges on commercial electricity costs in the context of heightened energy price volatility since 2020; whether any temporary or permanent adjustments to such taxation measures are under consideration to support businesses in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on …
430. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax on home heating oil back to the levels of each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19217/26]
431. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax on back to the levels of each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19218/26]
432. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax on home heating oil back to the levels each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April to the 30 June 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19219/26]
433. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax back to each the levels of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April to the 30 June 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19220/26]
434. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which the flat rate of tax for farmers is decided on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19229/26]
435. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify if local authorities are obliged to pay the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19276/26]
436. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify how much residential zoned land tax has been paid by local authorities in 2024 and 2025 respectively, by local authority and in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19277/26]
437. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the revenue earned from VAT on large energy users in each of the years 2015 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [19391/26]
438. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the revenue earned from VAT on electricity and gas from large energy users broken down by gas and electricity separately in each of the years 2015 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [19393/26]
439. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for bringing in the deemed disposal rule as an anti avoidance measure in the Finance Act 2006; if there was any evidence of significant levels of tax avoidance regarding Irish funds, investments in life policies and investments in offshore funds prior to 2006; if there has been research carried out by his Department or by Revenue o…
440. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 19 February 2026, to clarify if a payment break is registered as a missed payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19455/26]
441. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or any body under its aegis made a disclosure under Revenue's recent disclosure opportunity to regularise misclassification of self-employment; if so, to provide details of the numbers of workers affected and the amount paid to Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19496/26]
442. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if all NAMA files will be sent to the National Archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/26]
443. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views that the continued application and scheduled increases of the carbon tax on petrol and diesel, at a time when motorists are already facing significant increases in fuel prices due to global instability, is placing an unfair and disproportionate burden on working people, families and rural communities who rely on their cars; the additional V…
444. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the Central Bank of Ireland regarding the use by regulated financial service providers of facial image capture, facial recognition, or other facial biometric processing technologies for customer onboarding, authentication, fraud prevention, or identity verification purposes; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
445. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland has issued, or is preparing to issue, supervisory guidance for regulated financial service providers regarding the use of facial biometric processing technologies, including requirements relating to lawful processing bases, consumer transparency, data minimisation, storage limitation, security safeguards, and the a…
446. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether regulated financial service providers operating in the State are required, as a matter of supervisory expectation or consumer protection regulation, to provide customers with a reasonable non-biometric alternative where facial image capture or facial biometric verification is used for onboarding, authentication, fraud prevention, or account a…
447. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland maintains information on the number of regulated financial service providers using facial image capture or facial biometric processing technologies for identity verification, customer onboarding, authentication, or fraud prevention; if so, the number of such firms and the general purposes for whic…
448. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has considered whether the Consumer Protection Code or other financial regulatory frameworks should be updated to provide explicit standards governing the use of facial image capture and facial biometric technologies by regulated financial service providers, including standards concerning transparency to customers, consent mech…
449. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland holds data on operational incidents, data protection incidents, or consumer complaints reported by regulated financial service providers relating to the use of facial image capture or facial biometric processing technologies since 1 January 2023; if so, the number of such incidents by year and gen…
450. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the motor insurance transparency code is voluntary, despite this not being mentioned in the Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2025–2029; when the decision was made for the code to be voluntary; the rationale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19632/26]
451. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing excise to the same level on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil to the same level as the reduced rate in 2024, from 1 April 2026, on a first and full year basis; cost of reducing excise to the same level on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil to the same level as the reduced rate in 2023 from 1 of April 2026 on a first a…