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Pearse Doherty Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Finance
21. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number and value of shares held by the NTMA in a corporation (details supplied); the profit that has been made to date from this investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64574/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Finance
34. 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. [64577/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Finance
44. 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 and enhanced deductions, restricting additionality to only apartments above the number of apartments projected to be built without these measures; …
Pearse Doherty Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Finance
324. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if contributions to the World Bank count towards Ireland’s official development assistance target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70159/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Finance
161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the reduced VAT rate of 9% applied to electricity and gas to also cover home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67318/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Finance
176. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 18 November 2025, to provide a further breakdown of the number of properties and multiproperty owners owning over 100 properties, by 100 to 199, 200 to 299, 300 to 399, 400 to 499, 500 to 599, 600 to 699, 700 to 799, 800 to 899, 900 to 999, and 1000 or more, excluding AHBs and local authorities, in tabu…
Pearse Doherty Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Finance
266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 19 November 2025, how long discretionary commission arrangements were a feature of the motor hire purchase finance market prior to the practice being stopped in July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66887/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Finance
267. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated number of active motor finance hire purchase agreements (including personal contract purchase agreements) in operation in the market today; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66907/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Finance
261. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which the price of 20 cigarettes in Ireland will be affected given the current European Commission proposal for a new own resource based on a tobacco consumption tax and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65433/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Finance
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the ratio of private sector indebtedness as a share of GNI since 2015, as defined as part of the European Commission’s macroeconomic imbalances procedure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65552/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Finance
116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 4 November 2025, the time period in which the circa 135,000 customers were potentially provided motor finance by car dealers using discretionary commission arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64034/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Finance
117. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 4 November 2025, to provide the names of the eight firms engaged in providing discretionary commission arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64035/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Finance
124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the VAT cut on apartment sales to forward-funding deals; the estimated number of apartments this will affect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64391/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Finance
368. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 4 November 2025, to provide the same information, excluding AHBs and local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63704/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Finance
369. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 4 November 2025, the total value of all residential property based on the local property tax data, using the average figure report for all properties below €2.1million; the total value of residential property owned by multi-property owners using the same approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6370…
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
451. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish sovereign debt held by the ECB each year since 2008, in tabular form. [57965/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
470. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance using data from local property taxes, to provide the number of multi-property owners with over one hundred residential properties, including the total number of properties; the number of multi-property owners with between 50 - 99 residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of multi-property owners with between 20 - 49 residential prop…
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
471. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of all residential property based on local property tax data; the total value of residential property owned by multi-property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58556/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
494. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of the research and development activity subsidised by the State through the research and development tax credit that is conducted outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58935/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
495. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if construction of a qualifying building is required to be within the State in order to be relevant expenditure for the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58936/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
496. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of firms engaged in Discretionary Commission Arrangements in the provision of motor finance through hire-purchase agreements prior to the Central Bank's intervention in 2024; the estimated number of customers effected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58949/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
500. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of the recommendations of the 2022 Retail Banking Review; the number of actions outstanding; the timeline for their completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59383/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
501. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the European Deposit Insurance Scheme; Ireland’s position on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59384/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
502. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the Payment Services Directive and Regulation; Ireland’s position on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59385/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
503. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to “draft a five-year strategy for the credit union sector to ensure it can fully leverage new opportunities”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59386/25]