Questions

508. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider making the €8,500 scrappage grant available under the new EV scheme available in respect of vehicles being scrapped to be replaced by a second-hand EV, if he would consider the many benefits of this for the EV market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43962/26]

509. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for setting the threshold at 13 years for the new EV scrappage scheme; if he will consider reducing the threshold to vehicles aged ten years or older; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43963/26]

510. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport the criteria that will apply for vehicles to qualify for the new EV scrappage scheme; the length of time applicants must be the registered owner of the vehicle proposed for scrappage; if owners of EVs that are 13 years old or older may avail of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43964/26]

511. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the potential cost implications of expanding the criteria for student Leap cards to include part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43967/26]

512. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the details of the eligibility criteria that were included in the recent review of student Leap card eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43968/26]

513. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will review an issue (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44000/26]

514. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the number of inspections carried out under Article 8 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 in each of the years from 2019 to 2025, and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44115/26]

515. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing a flexible or part-week commuter product, such as a block of ten or twenty single journeys at a meaningful discount to the standard adult fare, or a monthly product calibrated to two- or three-day commuting patterns. [44161/26]

516. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 19 May 2026, when the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 will be amended and brought into line with social welfare legislation that exists, to give full recognition to partners as is given to married couples (details supplied); if the Revenue Commissioners and his Department will give full …

517. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of the difficulties being experienced by private individuals with the Revenue Commissioners importing goods from the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41471/26]

518. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that other countries allow their citizens to claim seafarer’s tax back or avail of seafarer’s allowance without a requirement that they are at least 161 days at sea or with reference to the port of commencement or destination; and if he plans to review this allowance. [41493/26]

519. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current value of deposits in each of the State savings schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41518/26]

520. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason car insurance renewal quotes are increased even when a person makes no claim (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41592/26]

521. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the current position in respect of bilateral conventions for the relief of double taxation on Capital Acquisitions Tax, including the jurisdictions with which Ireland has such conventions in force; the date on which the network of CAT conventions was last formally reviewed by his Department; whether any new bilateral CAT conventions are …

522. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the position that Ireland currently maintains only two bilateral conventions for the relief of double taxation of Capital Acquisitions Tax, namely those with the United Kingdom and the United States, his Department's assessment of how this compares with the inheritance and gift tax treaty networks maintained by other EU member states; wh…

523. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the impact on Irish-domiciled families in the absence of bilateral Capital Acquisitions Tax conventions between Ireland and EU member states other than the United Kingdom, particularly in cases where an Irish-resident disponer leaves assets to a beneficiary resident in another member state and the structural limi…

524. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider further increasing the tax-free thresholds at which children in group A and close relatives in group B can inherit property and assets from their family as part of Budget 2027, particularly in light of continued property price growth and the impact on family homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41607/26]

525. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has examined, as part of the Tax Strategy Group process or otherwise, the case for reducing the current 33% rate of Capital Acquisitions Tax, which has remained unchanged since December 2012; the estimated full-year cost of a reduction in the rate to 30% and to 25% respectively;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [416…

526. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the Small Gift Exemption under Capital Acquisitions Tax from its current level of €3,000, where the threshold has remained unchanged since the introduction of the euro and where increases in housing, education and living costs have substantially reduced its real value to families seeking to support younger relatives, …

527. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employees who have availed of the cycle to work scheme, by county, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, inclusive; the estimated tax foregone to the Exchequer in respect of the scheme in each of those years; the breakdown between bicycles, pedelecs/e-bikes and cargo/e-cargo bikes, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the …

528. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the expenditure thresholds under the cycle to work scheme in Budget 2027, given that the current limits of €1,250, €1,500 and €3,000 have not been adjusted since January 2023 and have been eroded in real terms by inflation in the bicycle retail market; if his Department has undertaken any review of the appropriateness…

529. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the qualifying interval under the cycle to work scheme from once every four years to once every three years, in order to better reflect the typical service life of bicycles and e-bike batteries and to encourage continued participation by existing scheme users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41612/26]

530. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider, in the context of Budget 2027, the introduction of an equivalent tax credit or grant-based measure for self-employed persons to provide parity of access with PAYE employees under the cycle to work scheme, noting that the existing salary sacrifice mechanism is structurally unavailable to the self-employed, the unemployed, retire…

531. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if bin companies would have benefitted from any of the fuel tax measures announced on the 12 April 2026, and in light of this, is it legitimate for bin operators to be adding a new fuel surcharge on householders bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41629/26]

532. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline any public consultations that his Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41742/26]