725. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated Exchequer cost of increasing the VAT registration threshold for service-based businesses to €60,000, €75,000 and €85,000 respectively. [60764/26]
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726. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any analysis undertaken comparing Ireland's VAT registration threshold for services with those applicable in other jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom. [60761/26]
727. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any assessment of the impact of the current €42,500 VAT registration threshold on sole traders and micro-enterprises operating in business-to-consumer service sectors, including tourism and guiding services. [60760/26]
728. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered increasing the VAT registration threshold for service-based businesses, which currently stands at €42,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60759/26]
729. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to report on progress to meet the commitments under the national Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was introduced; the key metrics identified to measure progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter [60750/26]
730. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his estimate of the annual loss in VAT and other Exchequer receipts arising from illegal or non-compliant solid fuel trading; and whether additional resources are being considered to strengthen enforcement activities. [60721/26]
731. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to previous Parliamentary Questions, to commence the process to urgently reform the iniquity of the inheritance tax system and ensure equality for all families and loved ones of childless couples and individuals; if he will address the discrimination that currently exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60535/26]
732. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to review the motor-tax system for pre-2008 vehicles, in order that they may also be taxed based on CO2 emissions, consistent with the system for vehicles from 2008 to-date; and if he will make a statement on the matter [60430/26]
733. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the total amount of VRT relief, VAT relief, and fuel grants delivered under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60424/26]
734. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2027 if the Government Stamp duty on credit cards was reduced to €15 per year. [61385/26]
735. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2027 if stamp duty on each cheque or bill of Exchange was scrapped. [61384/26]
736. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the circumstances in which land is exempt from, excluded from, or eligible for relief or deferral in respect of the Residential Zoned Land Tax; to provide the relevant legislative references in each case; whether the Government is considering additional exemptions or amendments to the operation of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
737. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the timeframe for the establishment of a central register of beneficial ownerships of trusts based within the Revenue Commissioners. [60983/26]
738. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown on the total cost of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for each of the years 2024 and 2025; the amount budgeted for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60419/26]
739. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider equality and discriminatory concerns in relation to inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61380/26]
740. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to review correspondence from a constituent (details supplied) to support the reintroduction of capital gains tax rollover relief for individual investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60408/26]
741. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing enhanced tax incentives for SMEs investing in automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced manufacturing equipment and other productivity-enhancing technologies to improve competitiveness and support long-term economic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60627/26]
742. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reforms to the taxation system being considered to better support indigenous SMEs to scale, invest and expand, including whether changes are being examined to ensure the tax system encourages business growth rather than creating barriers to expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60621/26]
743. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the €10,000 Benefit-in-Kind Open Market Value relief for company vehicles beyond 2026, rather than allowing it to reduce to €5,000 in 2027 as currently scheduled; the number of PAYE taxpayers estimated to be affected by this reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61697/26]
744. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the 80% rule in agricultural leasing and transfers in the agricultural relief asset test as part of Budget 2027; if he will consider a sliding percentage scale rule instead of the 80% which would assist small farm holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61623/26]
745. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the help to buy scheme to allow two applicants to claim the maximum refund from their income tax or DIRT liabilities, increasing the available support to €30,000 per applicant or €50,000 per couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59829/26]
746. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm that same sex couples may avail of tax relief in respect of expenses related to assisted human reproductive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61096/26]
747. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to examine the tax treatment of production costs for theatre productions. [60458/26]
748. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the arrangements that will apply to a person who currently holds relief under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, and who needs to replace an adapted vehicle, in the event that the scheme is amended or replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61820/26]
749. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the fuel grant payable under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme will be retained in full under any revised or replacement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61821/26]