650. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of the third party waste disposal company which Revenue contracts to handle and dispose of discarded nitrous oxide canisters; if these canisters are recycled in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59625/26]
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651. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will introduce a permanent 8% Section 481 regional uplift for productions filming outside the Dublin metropolitan area including Ashford (DMAA) either as part of Budget 2027 or otherwise; and if they will make a statement on the matter. [59722/26]
652. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 28 July 2026, to provide a full list of all of Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's (ISIF) investments impacted by its divestment programmes and excluded investments from the Fund, as referenced; the value of each investment and the date that ISIF’s holdings in each investment was sold, in tabular form…
653. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has plans to increase the income tax exemption limits for persons aged 65 years and over, which have remained at €18,000 for a single person and €36,000 for a married couple/civil partners since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59811/26]
654. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering extending help to buy scheme to ‘fresh start ‘applicants who are attempting to purchase a new home following divorce or judicial separation and where there is no other financial interest in a property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59864/26]
655. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to monitor and change spending in non-voted expenditure. [59991/26]
656. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the current income tax relief provisions for long-term leasing of agricultural land to permit leases between related parties to qualify for the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60005/26]
657. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated amount of corporation tax foregone to the Exchequer in each of the years 2019 to 2025 inclusive by reason of the carry forward of trading losses under section 396 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 by institutions which received State support during the banking crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60167/26]
658. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount returned to the Exchequer to date from the State's investment in the banking sector, disaggregated by share sales, dividends, guarantee fees, coupon and other payments and the bank levy; the total amount of State support provided to that sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60175/26]
659. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline the current status of section 396C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 relating to relief from corporation tax for losses of participating institutions; the date on which and the enactment by which that section was amended or repealed; whether his Department has conducted any review of that decision since; and if he will mak…
660. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount collected from the bank levy in each year since its introduction; the number of institutions liable to the levy in each such year; the projected yield for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60173/26]
661. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans for changes to exchange traded funds; if he plans to abolish the eight-year deemed disposal regime, align the tax rate more closely with capital gains tax, allow normal loss relief and simplify the reporting and administrative requirements [60406/26]
662. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the Government announcement of 28 April 2026 approving the statutory “Right to be Forgotten” legislation for cancer survivors, the timeline for enactment and commencement of the legislation; whether he expects the legislation to be operational in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60411/26]
663. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to urgently address an inheritance tax proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60554/26]
664. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units aged 65 years and over who availed of the income tax age exemption provided for under section 188 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; the number who availed of associated marginal relief, in each year from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60524/26]
665. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first year and full year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the income tax age exemption limits from €18,000 to €20,000 for a single person and from €36,000 to €40,000 for a married couple or civil partners jointly assessed; the estimated cost of increases at €500 intervals between the current and those levels, in tabular form; and i…
666. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the income level at which a single person in receipt of PAYE income, and a married couple or civil partners jointly assessed both in receipt of PAYE income, first became liable to income tax in each year from 2010 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60531/26]
667. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the income tax age exemption limits in advance of Budget 2027 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60534/26]
668. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 740 of 28 July 2026, the costs of berthing, maintaining and crewing the vessel MV Matthew, broken down by calendar year for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; if he will provide those costs updated to the actual date of the vessel’s disposal on 18 July 2026, given that the figures supplied ran only to t…
669. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.741 of 28 July 2026, the date on which the nominal consideration of one US dollar for the vessel MV Matthew was agreed; the date on which his Department was informed of that consideration; the reason that figure was not disclosed to Dáil Éireann when the disposal of the vessel was addressed in the House; and if he…
670. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 744 of 28 July 2026, the identity of the international shipping company that acquired the vessel MV Matthew and the jurisdiction in which that company is registered; whether the disposal terms required scrappage or permitted the vessel to return to commercial service; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 28 July 2026, whether a competitive tender or open sales process was conducted in respect of the disposal of the vessel MV Matthew; the number of expressions of interest and formal bids received; the criteria applied in selecting the purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60576/26]
672. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 742 of 28 July 2026, the date on which the vessel MV Matthew was cleared for disposal by court order; the estimated cost to the State arising from the period between that clearance and the removal of the vessel from the Port of Cork on 18 July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60580/26]
673. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 28 July 2026, whether any application has been made, or is intended to be made, to recover the costs incurred by the State in maintaining the vessel MV Matthew from any person convicted in connection with the seizure of controlled drugs from that vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6058…
674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 28 July 2026, whether the Revenue Commissioners intend to establish a protocol, framework or standing procedure governing the custody, maintenance and disposal of large commercial vessels seized in the course of criminal investigations, arising from the experience of the MV Matthew; and if he will make a s…