954. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the bodies which operate under his aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an offence to receive a fine upon summary conviction, the associated maximum amount and duration of any related potential imprisonment term; provision for a person convicted on indictment to receive a fine, the ass…
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955. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will address concerns regarding the rising cost of living raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25989/26]
956. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if urgent measures can be introduced to assist those commuting to work and working with soaring energy costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25994/26]
957. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the current €115,000 earnings cap for pension tax relief, which has remained unchanged since 2011; if he will consider linking the cap to wage or inflation growth in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25996/26]
958. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether consideration is being given to targeted tax measures for families with children, particularly school-age children, in light of the continuing pressure of childcare, housing and household costs. [26050/26]
959. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has examined child-related tax reliefs in other European jurisdictions as part of the Government's response to the cost of raising children; and if he will outline any comparative work undertaken by his Department. [26051/26]
960. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has examined family-taxation or child-related tax relief models used in other European countries as possible examples for Ireland; and whether any proposals are under consideration to provide additional tax relief for working families with children. [26052/26]
961. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26092/26]
962. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to take into consideration the points made in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26107/26]
963. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the names and organisations that have met with him or his officials on the issue of domestic residential exempted development regulations in the last six months; and the dates on which these meetings occurred and the officials in attendance. [26132/26]
964. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by his Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds from his Department for each of the p…
965. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of capital gains tax taken in as a result of the sale of company shares for each of the previous five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26228/26]
966. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on progress of recommendation no. 41 of the Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity on a review of tax measures to incentivise investment into start-up and scaling companies. [26308/26]
967. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the timelines and processes for appointment of the next Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. [26309/26]
968. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to making childcare costs tax deductible given they are a necessary expense for workers. [26403/26]
969. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to previous requests, if he will urgently review inheritance tax in regard to childless couples and individuals (details supplied) and address this very obvious discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26407/26]
970. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the analysis and reasoning behind the tax reliefs in the data centre sector will be provided. [26457/26]
971. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26483/26]
972. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered re-assessing the tax treatment of employees travel and subsistence expenses to be inclusive of active and public transport, particularly for care workers who are required to travel from home-to-home in the course of their work and whose travel expenses are taxable when walking, using public transport or using a bike/scooter; a…
973. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will consider making employer participation in schemes mandatory where requested by an employee; if he will consider reforming the schemes to allow employees to claim the relevant tax reliefs directly from Revenue Commissioners without employer involvement in view of the Programme for Government commitment to review and expand the bike-t…
974. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank of Ireland requires credit unions to request that their members provide proof of address and proof of identity every two years, when this requirement does not appear to apply to other banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26711/26]
975. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the closure in Budget 2026 of a loophole under the Capital Acquisitions Tax regime that allowed wealthy individuals to transfer life assurance policies to family members without incurring a tax liability, whether the Revenue Commissioners or his Department identified, investigated, or were made aware of any cases in which the individuals …
976. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the identification by the Revenue Commissioners as far back as 2023 of a Capital Acquisitions Tax loophole that permitted the tax-free transfer of life assurance policies by assignment to a spouse, child, or other named beneficiary prior to the death of the policyholder, whether any review was conducted specifically to establish if politi…
977. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the decision taken in Budget 2026 to close a Capital Acquisitions Tax loophole that enabled the transfer of life assurance policies without attracting an inheritance or gift tax liability, whether he is satisfied that it was appropriate to amend the law without any public consultation or advance notice to taxpayers, as was explicitly reco…
978. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Freedom of Information records confirming that the Revenue Commissioners strongly advised against publicising a Capital Acquisitions Tax loophole relating to the assignment of life assurance policies prior to its closure in Budget 2026, whether he can confirm that no information regarding this loophole was disclosed, formally or informall…