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Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
829. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of concerns among skilled workers in the arts and culture sector who are genuinely self-employed contractors on their own account, in respect of the application of the Karshan judgment; if the Revenue Commissioners will continue to engage with the sector on the practical application of the terms of the judgment; if they will continue to k…
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
830. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to the seafarers’ allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63372/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
831. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Department of Health or the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding its current review of tobacco affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63461/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
832. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in light of the Health Information and Quality Authority's review of tobacco affordability, whether his department will assess the impact of tobacco excise increases on the illicit tobacco market before further increases in excise duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter [63462/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
833. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is concerned that further increases in tobacco excise duty may increase demand for cheaper, illicit tobacco products; if his Department has assessed this risk in advance of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63465/26]
John Connolly Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
834. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the impact of the primary medical certificate eligibility criteria on persons who are legally blind or severely visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63237/26]
John Connolly Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
835. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he considers it equitable that persons who are unable to drive due to severe visual impairment remain ineligible for supports available under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme solely due to the fact they do not meet the current mobility-based criteria for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
Joe Neville Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
836. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and county basis since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63477/26]
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
837. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to legislate to give effect to personal taxation implications of the Supreme Court judgment in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63487/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
838. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration his Department has given to a proposal (details supplied) in the context of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63517/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
839. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any research carried out by his Department into the removal of the deemed disposal rule in the context of investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63630/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
840. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the merits of removing the deemed disposal rule in the context of investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63629/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
841. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department-led review of the fund and investment industry in Ireland, including a specific assessment of the deemed disposal rule; if there is a timeline for the implementation of the report’s recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63623/26]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
842. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to urgently address issues with the delay the removal of the deemed disposal (further details); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63670/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
843. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated additional full-year revenue that would be raised if, in addition to the existing rates and bands, a new rate of income tax were applied to the portion of individual income above €250,000, €350,000, €400,000, €500,000 and €1 million respectively, modelled at marginal rates of 70%, 80%, 90% and 100% at each threshold. [63702…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
844. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units with gross income above €150,000, €200,000, €250,000, 300,000, 350,000, €500,000, €750,000,€1 million and €2 million, for the most recent year available; the total gross income of the taxpayer units in each of those ranges; and the aggregate amount of income falling above each of those thresholds. [63701/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
845. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current group thresholds and rate applying to capital acquisitions tax (CAT); the total CAT yield in each of the past five years distinguishing gift tax from inheritance tax; the manner in which benefits are aggregated per beneficiary for threshold purposes and the earliest date from which such aggregation applies; and whether the Revenu…
Michael Cahill Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
846. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider a proposal from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63711/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
847. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering a review of the current capital gains tax treatment of cryptocurrency investments; whether any measures such as increasing the annual capital gains tax exemption or introducing a reduced rate of exemption for assets held over a longer period are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63715/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
848. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the deemed disposal rule will be removed as part of Budget 2027. [63713/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
849. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims for Business Relief and for Agricultural Relief under the Capital Acquisitions Tax code, the total value of the assets to which each relief was applied, the total value of the relief granted that is, tax forgone; the breakdown of each by size of benefit; the number of cases in each year in which the relief reduced to…
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
850. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason areas fronting the River Boyne in Drogheda have been excluded from the SRA for the purposes of the application of the Living Cities Initiative; if he will review the mapped area and amend the associated Statutory Instrument accordingly to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63744/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
851. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a list of all housing related tax expenditures for buyers, renters, landlords and developers and to provide the annual expenditure for each expenditure from 2020 to 2025 and the individual allocations for 2026, in tabular form. [63739/26]
Paul Donnelly Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
852. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated yield if local property tax rate for band number 16 increased to €2,645, band 17 increased to €3,035, band 18 increased to €3,300 and band 19 increased to €3,590 based on 2025 figures. [63728/26]
Erin McGreehan Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
853. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the timeline for the publication of legislation to update the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015 and Company Law to support tokenisation in the funds industry as set out in the new Ireland for Finance Strategy. [63726/26]