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…
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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]
863. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the assessment his Department has made of the appropriate European Union legal framework for the proposed on-trade sustainability scheme; whether it will be considered under State aid rules or under the Alcohol Structures Directive; whether any engagement has taken place or is planned with the European Commission on the matter; and if he will make a …
864. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has costed the proposed on-trade sustainability scheme; the estimated annual Exchequer cost of the scheme as assessed by his Department; the number of licensed premises that would be eligible to benefit; and if the Minister will make a statement on the matter. [63856/26]
865. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has received representations regarding the introduction of an on-trade sustainability scheme, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied) for the licensed trade; if such a scheme is under consideration in the context of Budget 2027; the assessment that has been made of the proposal to date; and if the Minister will make a stat…
874. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or the Revenue Commissioner has identified any evidence of Irish retail investment products being used for the purposes of tax avoidance. [64062/26]
875. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has identified any other tax jurisdictions in the world which apply a deemed disposal rule, or another form of “guardrail”, because it views retail investment as a likely form of tax avoidance. [64060/26]
876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if provision will be made for existing investors to transfer some or all of their investments to new personal investment accounts without being subject to exit tax or other charges. [64058/26]
878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the expected number of Irish individual investors who will be liable to pay taxes in 2027 as a result of the decision to defer the abolition of the deemed disposal rule. [64056/26]
879. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the rationale for backtracking on the clear commitment in the funds review to abolish the deemed disposal rule across the board the logic for needing a further detailed consideration of the proposed abolition of the rule when a decision has already been made to abolish the rule in the limited context of new personal investment accounts. [6…
887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated additional annual receipts to the Exchequer and to the Social Insurance Fund, in income tax, arising from the increases in the national minimum wage since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64438/26]
651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an 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 the beneficial owners of the vessel or 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. [56429/26]
740. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total cost incurred by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the maintenance, berthing, crewing, insurance, survey and management of the vessel MV Matthew from the date of its seizure in September 2023 to the date of its disposal in July 2026, by category of expenditure and by calendar year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56423…
741. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration received by the State for the vessel MV Matthew; the date on which that consideration was agreed; the date on which the Department was informed of it; the reason that figure was withheld from Dáil Éireann when the disposal was addressed in the House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56424/26]
742. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which the vessel MV Matthew was cleared for disposal by court order; the reason a period of approximately nineteen months elapsed between that clearance and the removal of the vessel from Cork Harbour; the estimated cost to the State arising from that period of delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56425/26]
743. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the process by which the vessel MV Matthew was disposed of; whether a competitive tender or open sales process was conducted; the number of expressions of interest and formal bids received; the criteria applied in selecting the successful purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56426/26]
744. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the identity of the purchaser of the vessel MV Matthew and the jurisdiction in which that purchaser is registered; the destination port to which the vessel was towed; whether the disposal terms required scrappage or permitted the vessel to return to commercial service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56427/26]
745. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners holds a protocol, framework or standing procedure governing the custody, maintenance and disposal of large commercial vessels seized in the course of criminal investigations; if no such framework exists, whether his Department intends to establish one arising from the experience of the MV Matthew; and if he will make…
773. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which the Revenue Commissioners were notified of, or identified, an error in returns made by a company (details supplied); the date on which the corrected returns were received; the reason for the correction; whether Revenue has examined the original customs declarations to establish how the error arose; and if he will make a statement on…
774. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the revised data for 2025 and quarter 1 2026 for goods under CN 28182000, provided by the Revenue Commissioners to the Central Statistics Office and published on 15 July 2026, has been verified by the Revenue Commissioners as accurate; the process applied by the Revenue Commissioners to verify corrected trader returns of this scale; whether a…
272. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the Department's assessment of the impact of inflation on the real value of household savings held in low-interest demand-deposit accounts; whether his Department has conducted or commissioned any analysis of the erosion of purchasing power in such accounts over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54507/26]