Questions

804. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 25 March 2026, for an update on his Department's consideration of any technological solutions to identify vehicles on the roads with illegal licence plates with a view of improving enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62923/26]

805. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62943/26]

806. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he acknowledges that the current taxation treatment of rental income is a significant barrier to the viability of smaller private landlords and is contributing to landlords exiting the rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63050/26]

807. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider targeted taxation reform for small and medium-sized private landlords as part of Budget 2027, with a view to improving the viability of the sector and protecting the supply of private rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63051/26]

808. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in his Department in each of the past five years. [62979/26]

809. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) regulations 1994 (Statutory Instrument No. 353 of 1994) and section 92 of the Finance Act 1989, operating as part of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme exclude blind passengers; when the regulations will be amended to include severe visual impairment; and if…

810. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he intends to amend the regulations governing the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to provide eligibility for persons who are legally blind or severely visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63235/26]

811. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of applications for a primary medical certificate that were refused on the grounds that the applicant's disability related solely or primarily to visual impairment in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63234/26]

812. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the eligibility criteria governing the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme adequately reflect the transport needs of persons who, due to blindness or severe visual impairment, are unable to drive and are dependent on others for transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63233/26]

813. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline the rationale for the continued exclusion of persons who are legally blind or severely visually impaired from eligibility for a primary medical certificate under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63231/26]

814. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has undertaken any review of the eligibility criteria for the primary medical certificate in the past five years; if consideration has been given to the inclusion of persons with severe visual impairments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63232/26]

815. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an increase in the rate of excise duty on e-liquids is being considered as part of Budget 2027; whether such an increase would represent a deviation from the advice outlined in the Tax Strategy Group papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63227/26]

816. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the consideration by Government of targeted supports for the licensed on-trade sector as part of preparations for Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63324/26]

817. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the impact the new €3 customs duty will have on people with disabilities and chronic illnesses who depend on health-related products purchased from suppliers outside the EU; if his Department will seek exemptions to this duty for these products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63328/26]

818. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the details on the amount of revenue generated for the Exchequer each year since 2016 to 2025 inclusive, under the exit tax charged on investments under the eight year deemed disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63338/26]

819. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63350/26]

820. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration that has been given to introducing targeted measures in Budget 2027 to support the viability of pubs in rural communities. [63362/26]

821. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to broadening the qualifying conditions for the seafarers' allowance, which as currently drafted are confined to seafarers employed on EU-registered vessels used solely for the carriage of passengers or cargo for reward, so as to reflect the realities of contemporary maritime employment including crew serving on yachts;…

822. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the seafarers' allowance, introduced in 1998, has been reviewed or uprated at any point since its introduction; if his Department has carried out, or will carry out, any assessment comparing the relief available to Irish seafarers with the seafarers' earnings deduction available in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

823. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed the seafarers' allowance in each of the past five years; the total cost of the allowance to the Exchequer in each of those years; the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance from its current level of 6,350 euro to 10,000 euro, to 15,000 euro and to 20,000 euro respectively; and if he will make a statemen…

824. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to reconcile the Government's stated policy of reducing the cost of fuel for households with the scheduled increase in carbon tax due to take effect on 14 October 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63391/26]

825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has advised that the trajectory of scheduled carbon tax increases to 2030 could be examined, revised, paused or deferred; the precise terms of any such advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63389/26]

826. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any analysis, report or advice provided to him in 2025 on carbon tax has set out the projected cumulative effect of scheduled increases on the cost of home-heating oil, coal, gas, petrol and diesel over the period to 2030; the specific figures contained in any such analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63388/26]

827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has, at any point in 2025, examined or modelled the status and future trajectory of carbon tax increases; the date on which any such analysis was commissioned and completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63387/26]

828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current amount of carbon tax applied to a typical 500-litre fill of kerosene home-heating oil; the amount it will rise to following the increase scheduled to take effect on 14 October 2025; the further amounts it is scheduled to reach in each year from 2026 to 2030 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63386/26]