150. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being put in place to monitor and enforce retailer compliance with the requirements of the new e-liquid products tax, noting recent media reports that certain alternative retailers selling vaping products have been subject to investigation by the Revenue Commissioners over concerns of tax evasions. [66652/25]
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151. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which Government will publish the first data on e-liquid products tax compliance rates and enforcement actions. [66653/25]
347. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered any changes to the inheritance tax policy for individuals without children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62956/25]
348. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of making changes to CAT to address concerns regarding inheritance tax policy for individuals without children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62957/25]
353. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the number of enforcement and trade facilitation allowanced staff working in each of the Revenue Commissioners frontier management branches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63037/25]
361. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the number of beneficiaries of TaxSaver tickets in each of the past 10 years up to 2024; and the estimated cost of the scheme in each year. [63455/25]
362. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance whether his Department has carried out, or plans to carry out, an assessment of the potential implications for the tobacco market arising from the proposed tax equalisation measures under the revised EU Tobacco Taxation Directive, particularly where higher excise rates may increase the price of roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco and fuel increases in the already high-le…
363. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will seek trusted flagger status through Coimisiún na Meán to allow them to address the sale of illicit tobacco products on social media platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63460/25]
364. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will amend the current contract with its suppliers of unique identifier codes for tobacco products in order to introduce provisions for emergency ordering of unique identifier codes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63461/25]
443. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to provide for comparative purposes, the number of staff working in each of Revenue's frontier management branches in 2022 to 2024, and to end of September 2025; and the number of new staff recruited or reassigned to each branch in 2022 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [57886/25]
466. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 286 and 287 of 21 October 2025, to provide details on the proposals considered to address the problem of the use of false registration plates through a regulatory regime for the production and supply of plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58341/25]
472. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to consider introducing a supplier register for vehicle registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58565/25]
473. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to consider introducing minimum manufacturing standard for vehicle registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58566/25]
498. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to consider tax breaks on ICT equipment purchased through a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59160/25]
286. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to outline the regulations, standards or oversight mechanisms in place regarding the allocation and printing of registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56604/25]
287. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the controls or regulations in place to ensure that vehicle registration plates can only be printed or supplied by authorised providers, and that each plate issued is properly linked to a registered vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56605/25]
316. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has received any proposals to reduce the VAT rates for the cinema industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57265/25]
317. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the VAT rate for the cinema industry to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57272/25]
99. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in each of Revenue’s frontier management branches as of the end of September 2025; the level of funding allocated in 2025 for these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55575/25]
100. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if there has been an increase during 2025 in the number of x-ray scanners available to the Revenue Commissioners for detection of smuggling; and the plans for further investment in scanners in Budget 2026. [55577/25]
101. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the rules which apply to the setting of reduced VAT rates for categories of goods and services subject to a historic VAT derogation. [55583/25]
102. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners will take to ensure that the electronic products tax is being paid on all eligible products; and if inspections will be carried out in retail premises who sell vaping products. [55604/25]
103. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if the retail licensing system will be used to inspect retailers and products for sale as a mechanism for helping to enforce the electronic products tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55605/25]
104. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the metric the Revenue Commissioners use to determine when stock supplied before 1 November is cleared from the market and the stock in the market which is liable for excise, considering that the Revenue Commissioners have confirmed that only stock first supplied after 1 November will be subject to excise tax, and not product already supplied; and if he will make…
105. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if his Department carried out an assessment on the impact the introduction of excise on vaping products will have on cross-Border trade given that excise will not be applied to vaping products in Northern Ireland. [55612/25]