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Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
721. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units which declared rental income on a form 11 for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55744/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
722. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units which declared residential rental income on a form 11 for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55745/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
749. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an exhaustive list of all double tax agreements and ‘limited scope agreements’ that investors in IREF to avail of a lower dividend withholding tax; and the specific maximum lower rate for each jurisdiction. [56602/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
796. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will take on the responsibility for collecting the outstanding derelict sites levy to ensure this reform does not become a de facto amnesty for derelict property owners. [57478/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
844. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he was aware that Luxembourg informed the Irish Central Bank that it will not continue to approve the prospectus for Israeli war bonds. [59241/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
845. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will in light of the fact that the role of facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds will now default back to Ireland will intervene to stop Ireland having any role in facilitating genocide. [59242/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Finance
278. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will suspend Ireland’s double taxation agreement with Israel. [54683/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Finance
279. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has had any engagement with the Central Bank in relation to the approval process of Israeli war bonds up for renewed approval in September. [54684/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Finance
280. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of June 2026, the original projected cost of the VAT reduction on apartments for the year 2027. [54685/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Finance
281. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the VAT reduction on apartments for 2026. [54686/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Finance
190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for allowing exemptions to the dividend withholding tax that lead to complexity in the tax code and increase administrative burden on the Revenue Commissioners such as in a case (details supplied) that allows a chain of partnerships to avoid the dividend withholding tax; to provide an example of bona fide commercial purposes for a ch…
Pearse Doherty Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Finance
61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm the Government received a non-binding proposal (details supplied) in August 2025 separate to the 5 September 2025 offer and to outline the details of same; to clarify the reason the August proposal was concluded to have amounted to an offer. [52054/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Finance
276. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banks on the possibility of applying a waiver for banks fees for certain non-profit organisations such as community groups, parents associations and residents groups. [50743/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 23 June 2026, the estimated first and full year cost in 2027 of not proceeding with a schedule for carbon tax increases this year or next. [50232/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 744, 745, 746, 747 of 29 July 2025, to provide updated figures in relation to the cost of abolishing local property tax excluding the LPT paid by local authorities and AHBs and all landlords (second and more properties). [50233/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the financial regulator in Luxembourg the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has confirmed to the Central Bank if they will take on again the role of assessing for approval the prospectus of Israeli war bonds this September. [50234/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the role assessing for approval the prospectus of Israeli war bonds will default to the Central Bank if the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) declines to take on the role of assessing for approval the prospectus. [50235/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when confirmation will be provided on whether the CSSF will again take on the role of assessing for approval the prospectus of Israeli war bonds this September. [50236/26]
Pearse Doherty Oral 25 Jun 2026 · to Finance
1. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there will be any public consultation prior to the launch of the savings and investment account scheme. [48238/26]
Pearse Doherty Oral 25 Jun 2026 · to Finance
3. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline his approach to excise duty on fuel from the end of July. [48239/26]
Pearse Doherty Oral 25 Jun 2026 · to Finance
5. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the most appropriate way to deliver a fair tax package for workers that ensures an equitable distribution of the benefit. [48240/26]
Pearse Doherty Oral 25 Jun 2026 · to Finance
8. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of offers made for PTSB prior to the launch of the formal sales process and to outline the engagement with the executive management of PTSB regarding the offers. [48249/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Finance
16. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his rationale for ruling out introducing an entity level tax on vulture funds using IREF structures to own residential property, despite his own Department recognising there is a 'strong case' for such a tax in order to ensure rental income does not flow out of the State untaxed. [48251/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Finance
55. 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 in 2025 and to date in 2026, and subject to the higher rate of stamp duty, since the higher rate was introduced. [48248/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Finance
71. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will design and set up a dormant funds scheme for dormant investment funds in the State which currently hold €102 million and not leave the assessment of the feasibility and design to the funds industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48250/26]