Parliamentary questions

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]

4. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from the rezoned land tax in 2024 and in 2025; the number of landowners who sought exemptions from the tax; the number that were granted; the percentage of the overall land covered by the tax that was granted an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64997/25]

5. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason no assessment has been carried out by his Department on the effect of the 2026 local property tax revaluation on homeownership affordability and private rental supply, given the confirmed upward movement in valuation bands and the rising financial pressure on households; if he will commit to publishing a full county-level…

6. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to change the rates of capital acquisitions tax or the thresholds at which the rates are paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65024/25]

7. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his assessment of the impact recent international tariff changes are having on the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64103/25]

8. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is considering any review or potential increase of the VAT registration threshold for the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64580/25]

9. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has met with the Revenue Commissioners to discuss the new derelict sites tax. [63073/25]

10. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if Dundalk and Drogheda will be included in the Finance Act 2024 to ensure that the living cities initiative can commence in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57738/25]

11. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has considered increasing the domestic excise duty threshold for Irish brewers from the current 30,000 hl previously set at 20,000 hl prior to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64556/25]

12. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated value of tax reliefs and changes being provided to SMEs in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64517/25]

13. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which the findings of the 'Future Forty' report will shape Ireland’s fiscal policy in the coming years, with particular reference to demographic change and global trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64370/25]

14. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress he has made divesting State moneys from companies that derive profits from their activities in the occupied Palestinian territories. [64395/25]

15. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a graduated VAT system based on business size or turnover was not considered to support small and family-run SMEs; if his Department has examined such an approach to provide meaningful relief for community businesses; the alternative measures being developed to ease the VAT burden on smaller enterprises; and if he wil…

16. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the engagement there has been with the Central Bank regarding the way in which customers affected by the tracker mortgage scandal can be better assisted by the State; if legislation to outlaw confidentiality agreements between banks and those who win their appeals is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

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]

18. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of inheritance tax within his Department; the parameters for this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62396/25]

19. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress being made with regard to the Programme for Government commitments on credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63917/25]

20. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the plans to address the continuing high cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64104/25]

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]

22. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when changes will be made to the primary medical certificate criteria, under the terms of Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 in cases where a person is permanently and severely disabled, but their disability does not come within the criteria in the regulations; if there is a timeline for suc…

23. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the governance structures of the National Treasury Management Agency are sufficient to ensure that contributions to the Future Ireland Fund are not needed to cover significant and recurring overruns in core departments; and the financial governance reforms he will introduce specifically to prevent the misus…

24. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the annual revenue generated for the Exchequer from inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64359/25]

25. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the monitoring that takes place to ensure recipients of section 481 tax relief comply with the requirements of intellectual property law, do not require performers to waive unwaivable rights to equitable remuneration, and do not impose worse conditions on Irish citizens than apply to peers from elsewhere doing the same work o…

26. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will report on the take up of the rent tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64226/25]

27. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department's latest economic forecasts for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64223/25]