820. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the number of charitable trusts that own special purpose entities/section 110 companies; the number of SPEs owned by each charitable trust, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74052/25]
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821. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total corporation tax paid by special purpose entities/section 110 companies for the most recent year data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74053/25]
822. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the procedure for suspending a double taxation treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74054/25]
823. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the percentage share and value of securitised mortgages held by each bank in the State; the share of securitised mortgages that have been used as collateral with the ECB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74055/25]
824. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 20 March 2025, the reason Jersey does not appear on the list of double taxation agreements; if other jurisdictions have not been included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74056/25]
825. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for a breakdown of market assets pledged by Irish banks to the ECB as collateral by Government securities, asset-back securities, corporate bonds, banks bonds etc. [74057/25]
839. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 16 of December 2025, to detail each obligation that no longer applies to covered institutions as a direct result of the revocation of the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme and the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75014/25]
847. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in relation to statements made by his predecessor (details supplied) if the former Minister for Finance met with the CEO of non-lending non-banks known as vulture funds; to outline any engagement between his Department and vulture funds since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1070/26]
168. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the operating profits of motor insurance companies and public and employer liability insurance using a standard definition of operating profits, that is, after paying all business expenses but before tax and interest deductions from 2020 to 2025, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73162/25]
170. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the updated projections from his Department in the wake of recent CSO inflation figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73720/25]
172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address the situation where banks are maintaining high mortgage interest rates in order to maintain high profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73721/25]
176. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with other members of the Government in relation to defective concrete block scheme since taking office, including to ensure that all victims of the defective concrete products scandal are treated as equal citizens and are able to access financial products and services on the same basis as everyone else; and if he will ma…
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will implement the recommendation of the funds review to develop an entity level tax on Irish real estate investment funds to address the situation where these funds pay no tax on rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73165/25]
236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total homes and total value of homes that have been bulk purchased, and subject to the higher rate of stamp duty, since the higher rate was introduced and since the start of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73166/25]
254. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total estimated amount of public money that will be handed over to property developers for apartments that would have been built anyway from Budget Day to 2030 accounting for measures related to VAT, restricting additionality to only apartment above the number of apartments projected to be built without these measures; and if he will make a st…
180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of homes and total value of homes that have been bulk purchased and subject to the higher rate of stamp duty since the higher rate was introduced and since the start of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72985/25]
181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the process for determining the best use of the €4 billion received from the IMF in the form of special drawing rights (SDRs) in 2021; the rationale for storing it as with the Central Bank as ‘external reserve assets’; the other options that were available to the Irish State in relation to the €4 billion received; and if he will make a statement o…
354. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will oppose any private equity-backed purchase of PTSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71311/25]
355. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to detail Ireland’s contribution to the World Bank each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71312/25]
367. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 on the 14 of December 2023, to provide a breakdown of the number of non-tax resident landlords by jurisdiction of residency according to their form 11 tax return from 2011 to the most recent year for which data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71861/25]
368. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total rental income declared by non-tax residents as part of their form 11 tax return in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71865/25]
377. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the revocation of Eligible Liabilities Guarantee scheme (ELG) and the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act in 2008 will have any effect on his powers in relation to banks, or any impact on the obligation or restriction on banks; and if he will detail any change of regulation stemming from these revocations; and if he will make a statemen…
1. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the level of inflation that was projected by his Department as it prepared budget 2026, including the decision not to provide an income tax adjustment for workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64572/25]
3. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people that have filed an updated valuation for the LPT that have gone up a band; the average additional cost for those households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64573/25]
17. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the role disproportionate operating profits in the insurance sector has played in driving up the cost of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64575/25]