Questions

433. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to explain, by reference to the residual tax ceiling requirement under article 110 TFEU as interpreted by decades of CJEU judgements including case C-349/22 which specifically states in its conclusion that new taxes that result in a higher tax charge than the residual tax incorporated in similar cars is prohibited; the way in which the Revenue Commissi…

434. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 26 March 2026, if he will specify the actions that have been taken under action 17 of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2025-2029; the further steps that will be taken this year under that plan's action 17; if the stakeholders being engaged include residents' associations; if so, the way in which such a…

435. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 26 March 2026, if the findings made by the study of alternative flood insurance models review in 2019 are publicly available; if it is intended to review that review; if his Department has examined methods of introducing mandatory cover without increasing premia; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

436. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to elaborate on his recent statement that the current energy crisis is 'the worst the world has ever seen'; the reports or research he relied on in forming this view; and the reason he believes that recent events are worse than the 1973 oil embargo when oil prices quadrupled almost overnight. [28540/26]

437. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the policy justification for carbon taxes and for their progressive increase every year. [28542/26]

438. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the minimum rates of excise, carbon taxes, VAT and any other taxes or levies which the State is required to place on each litre of unleaded or diesel fuel as a matter of European Union law and which the State has no discretion to reduce or abolish. [28543/26]

439. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 985 of 14 April 2026, if his Department monitors or possesses an estimate of the value of unclaimed prizes, both of the estates of deceased persons and those who may be unaware of their winnings; the number of statements issued in each of the past five years, expressed as a proportion of overall numbers of accoun…

440. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28594/26]

441. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps a person can take to be reimbursed for the loss incurred due to the recent blockades (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/26]

442. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total VAT receipts on unleaded and diesel fuel in each month of 2026 to date. [28612/26]

443. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason he proposes to amend the relevant tax legislation to provide that all taxation appeals should occur in public; the way in which it can possibly be justified to expose the private affairs or citizens to public scrutiny in circumstances where no allegations of wrongdoing or tax evasion is being made against them; and to explain how, if tax a…

444. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenues yielded from the taxes adjusted by the Dáil in Financial Resolutions 1, 2, and 3 recently, as in the resolutions for all years to 2025; and the projections from his Department from years 2026 onwards, in tabular form. [28635/26]

445. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns regarding the recent fuel support package raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28637/26]

446. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28657/26]

447. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total volume and estimated value of cigarette and tobacco seizures recorded by the Revenue Commissioners to date in 2026; the estimated potential loss to the Exchequer arising from these seized products; whether he will consider the automatic publication of seizure data at the end of each quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

448. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners separately tracks illegal vape seizures; if so, the total volume and estimated value of illegal vapes seizure at Irish ports and airports to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28733/26]

449. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the extent of criminal and organised gang activity identified in connection with cigarette tobacco and illegal vape smuggling through Irish ports and airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28735/26]

450. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will support a loan moratorium for the duration of the energy crisis, particularly for sectors hardest hit by the increased cost of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26928/26]

451. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of planning applications that have been referred to An Coimisiún Pleanála under Schedule 7 of the 2000 Act; the number that were processed within the 18 week target; the number that were further subject to a High Court challenge; and the number that were successfully upheld, in the …

452. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department officials will engage with some homeowners at Lower Main Street, Buncrana to facilitate access for fuel deliveries to their homes through the lane to the right and the rear of the old Buncrana Garda Station, as was the case in the past.; and if he will make a statemen…

453. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his Department’s plans to work in cooperation with Donegal County Council and other local stakeholders to secure investment to enhance the tourism amenity that is An Grianán of Aileach, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28026/26]

454. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE qualified landscape gardeners, by grade employed by the OPW as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28058/26]

455. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of civil servants and public servants the State employs for the past ten years, by year, in tabular form. [28242/26]

456. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Rock of Cashel in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if each of those refurbishment works projects are still ongoing at present or completed, in tabular form. [28243/26]

457. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Cahir Castle in each the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if each of those refurbishment works projects are still ongoing at present or completed, in tabular form. [28244/26]