Parliamentary questions

28. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered further the introduction of tax reliefs for gym membership to keep an aging population healthier in light of the demographic challenges outlined in the Future Forty report. [64155/25]

29. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total Irish receipts or projected receipts from the EU Multiannual Financial Framework; the total Irish contribution or projected contribution to the framework, in each of the years 2019 to 2027, in tabular form. [64449/25]

30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the work that is being carried out to reduce insurance premiums, including public liability insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63390/25]

31. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance following on from his Department announcing the reduction in tax that applies where an individual invests in Irish funds and life assurance policies, the benefits this will have on the Stock Exchange; and his plans to continue to keep the progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64555/25]

32. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people who have been supported under help-to-buy scheme since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64108/25]

33. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to improve competition in the insurance sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63660/25]

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]

35. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will reintroduce indexation for capital gains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64608/25]

36. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the estimated revenue that would be foregone by the Exchequer in the event of changes to inheritance tax rules relating to childless couples and single individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64360/25]

37. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will report on the review of the rent tax credit recently published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64107/25]

38. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if work will be carried out to simplify the exclusion process whereby farmed land is subject to the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55032/25]

39. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the research carried out by his Department into the potential fiscal and housing market impacts of the new tax reliefs for property developers announced as part of Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64338/25]

40. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider making M50 toll payments tax deductible for commuters who rely on the motorway for their daily commute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64633/25]

41. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will report on CAT receipts to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64106/25]

42. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved in Cork city and Cork county over the past five years; the number of applicants associated with these claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63659/25]

43. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered altering tax rates on energy, electricity and fuel in light of the cost-of-living crisis being experienced by people in the State. [63789/25]

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 with…

45. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider tax breaks on ICT equipment purchased through a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64634/25]

46. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Tánaiste and Minister for Finance an bhfuil aon machnamh déanta ag a Roinn ar bhealaí chun faoiseamh cánach a úsáid chun tacú le teaghlaigh le Gaeilge teach a cheannach nó a thógáil sa Ghaeltacht chun tacú le hiarrachtaí pleanála teanga agus le hinmharthanacht na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [64629/25]

47. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will report on tax receipts to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64101/25]

48. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the renter's tax credit will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64198/25]

49. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the local property tax band changes; the reason Galway city is the area with the highest percentage of people going up a band, at 15%, compared to a 4% national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64221/25]

50. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure the Irish Strategic Investment Fund 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. [64339/25]

51. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has concluded its review into the efficacy of the rent tax credit; if the data shows that the credit has primarily been absorbed by landlords in the form of higher rents rather than offering meaningful, sustained relief to tenants; and if he will commit to increasing the minimum threshold for tax bands to keep pa…

52. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to progressively increase the rent tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64225/25]