Questions

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…

696. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to give detailed consideration to the proposals outlined by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55376/26]

698. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will give detailed consideration to a submission from a national body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55435/26]

802. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will initiate a policy review of the TaxSaver scheme. [57841/26]

803. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering the introduction of fiscal measures to incentivise the commuter take-up of shared mobility services. [57842/26]

256. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on plans to reform and enhance Ireland’s regulatory framework for Retail Investor Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46749/26]

591. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on a policy change to mortgages whereby one party dies unexpectedly and it takes several months for a death certificate to be received (details supplied) under the current approach by banks. [43197/26]

613. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the evidential basis for continuing to rely on the Revenue ready reckoner estimates for forecasting the Exchequer yield from tobacco excise increases given that the model does not explicitly incorporate behavioural responses such as product substitution, switching to illicit tobacco products or cross-Border purchasing; and if he will make a statement…

614. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps that can be taken to assist a married couple (details supplied) who require some tax relief or other payment to allow them to cope with the significant costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44016/26]

143. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Government and the Central Bank are acting in accordance with the recommendations set out in the report on the Israeli bond programme of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

239. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the work being carried out by his Department to ensure that citizens have access to robust and detailed financial analysis regarding the implications of a potential united Ireland, including disparities in taxation, public spending and fiscal transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24950/26]

920. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline his assessment of the key fiscal disparities between jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, including in relation to taxation, public sector pay, welfare supports and public service funding; and whether his Department has modelled how these differences would be addressed in the context of a United Ireland. [24857/26]

921. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any scenario planning or contingency work has been undertaken within his Department in relation to the potential fiscal integration of the island of Ireland; and if he will provide details of such work. [24858/26]

922. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the engagement his Department has had with other Departments, academic bodies or international organisations in examining the economic and fiscal considerations associated with a potential United Ireland. [24859/26]

923. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he accepts that in the absence of clear and detailed financial analysis, citizens cannot make an informed decision on the economic implications of a United Ireland; and what steps he is taking to address this gap. [24860/26]

979. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his response to claims by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the planned growth rates of net spending are above an appropriate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10691/26]

229. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, as part of preparation of the next Ireland for Finance Strategy, any assessments have been conducted on Ireland’s comparative attractiveness as regulatory hubs for the development of new and innovative finance products, in comparison to other EU states. [21232/26]

297. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the ISIF intends to review its regional city-specific investment programme launched in 2022; if the investment programme will be extended to include Drogheda, Dundalk and other large urban centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16070/26]

162. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, is fully divested from all companies, directly and indirectly, involved in illegally occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10053/26]

194. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the contingency plans he has in place in the event of a downturn in tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9538/26]

198. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on Ireland’s ability to maintain the downward trajectory of the debt-to-GNI* ratio, as required in the Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan, in light of projected increases in capital spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9954/26]

200. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the plans in place to activate the estimated €170 billion in Irish deposit accounts, to advance the objectives of the Savings and Investments Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9535/26]

225. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which the Government intends to remain within the net expenditure growth ceiling set out in Ireland’s Medium-Term Fiscal and Structural Plan, given the projected upward pressure from age-related spending over the 2025–2029 adjustment period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9953/26]

232. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has examined the potential of schemes to allow savers to invest more of Ireland's substantial household deposit savings into products which directly fund the delivery of major Irish public infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10071/26]

421. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance how fiscal policy will move beyond once-off supports to permanently reduce cost-of-living pressures for low and middle-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/26]