208. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the protections available to investors affected by the insolvency of a company (details supplied); the status of outstanding complaints submitted to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman concerning advice provided by a company; whether pre liquidation advice and professional indemnity insurance remain available as avenues of redress; how…
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209. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider developing a whole-of-Government strategy to combat the illicit tobacco trade, in line with the approach adopted by the UK government (details supplied). [75045/26]
212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out or commissioned any assessment of the effect of euro area monetary policy since 2015, including the ECB's asset purchase programmes and the subsequent tightening of interest rates, on Irish house prices, rents and the general cost-of-living; if so, the findings of such assessment; if not, the reason; and if he will m…
34. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the total level of funding brought in by the deemed disposal tax for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [74537/26]
35. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a calculation has been made regarding the rate of capital gains tax if deemed disposal was removed and ETFs moved to a CGT regime instead of an exit tax regime; and whether this has been given consideration. [74541/26]
36. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of homes purchased with assistance from the help to buy scheme, broken down per year from 2016 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [74567/26]
37. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the position of retired members of private sector pension schemes whose pensions were permanently reduced to meet the 2011 to 2015 pension levy, and whose cumulative losses now substantially exceed the levy amounts attributable to them; if he accepts that a levy described as temporary has had a permanent effect on t…
38. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the €12,000 tax free annual threshold for the new investment account, starting on July 1st, will be the nominal threshold for 2026, notwithstanding the fact that it is commencing halfway through 2026. [74569/26]
357. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if LPG is excluded from the announced reduction in the carbon tax rate for kerosene and natural gas to €48.50 per tonne of CO and if so, the rationale for this exclusion. [73501/26]
358. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current value of the Future Ireland Fund; and the current value of the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund. [73497/26]
359. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the help-to-buy scheme rules for returning emigrants to take into account taxes paid in the State before applicants emigrated. [73493/26]
360. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total value of the income tax and USC changes in budgets 2021 to 2027, inclusive. [73573/26]
361. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there is a standard, predictable approach to calculating VRT for vehicles taken in from the North of Ireland; the criteria that apply; and if this approach is consistent between makes, models and engine types and sizes. [73571/26]
362. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to including secondhand properties as part of the help-to-buy scheme. [73570/26]
363. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the progress of the personal investment account, which is scheduled to open in July 2027. [73568/26]
364. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of productions that have availed of the scéal uplift scheme since its introduction; and whether the Government is considering any additional measures to encourage film production and employment in regional areas outside Dublin. [73616/26]
365. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the eligibility criteria for the help-to-buy incentive scheme to accommodate returning Irish citizens who do not meet the full four-year tax look-back window; and if he will consider expanding the window to account for a broader historical Irish tax record or, alternatively, factoring in verified future Irish income tax commitments…
366. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, in the context of the carbon tax measures announced in Budget 2027, consideration was given to extending to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the treatment applied to natural gas and kerosene; and whether representations have been received regarding the tax treatment of LPG users. [73567/26]
367. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the VAT that has been earned on gas and electricity bills, broken down by fuel type on bills for large energy users only in each month since January 2024, in tabular form. [73668/26]
368. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the VAT that has been earned on gas and electricity bills ,broken down by fuel type on non-domestic bills only in each month since January 2024, in tabular form. [73667/26]
369. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the VAT that has been earned on gas and electricity bills, broken down by fuel type on domestic bills only in each month since January 2024, in tabular form. [73666/26]
370. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the breakdown of the VAT earned on electricity and gas bills, by fuel type and by type of customer in each month since January 2024, in tabular form. [73665/26]
371. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that has been earned through the VAT on electricity, in each of the years 2015 to date; the amount of revenue that has been earned through the VAT on gas, in each of the years 2015 to date; the amount of revenue that has been earned through the VAT on electricity on domestic bills only, in each of the years 2015 to date; and the amo…
372. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenue foregone if the VAT rate for electricity was set at 0%, in each of the years 2020 to date; the estimated revenue foregone if the VAT rate for gas was set at 0%, in each of the years 2020 to date; the estimated revenue foregone if the VAT rate for electricity was set at 0% for domestic customers only, in each of the years 2020 to dat…
373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the Revenue Commissioners assessment of the proportion of the illicit cigarette and roll your own tobacco market intercepted through seizures given the estimated Exchequer loss of €648 million on illegal cigarettes and €110 million on illegal roll your own tobacco in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73683/26]