211. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the qualifying criteria for a primary medical certificate can be urgently reviewed as it is extremely prohibitive in many deserving cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7143/26]
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212. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the personal exemption on capital gains tax from the existing €1,270 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/26]
213. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will abolish income tax levied on carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7086/26]
214. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if recipients of carer’s allowance/benefit will be levied retrospectively for income tax on the payment if they request a P60 balancing statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7087/26]
215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, under Irish law, a financial institution may satisfy its anti-money laundering and know your customer obligations by relying on the name of an intermediary, including an accountant or professional adviser, rather than identifying and verifying the ultimate beneficial owner of funds; the statutory or regulatory basis for any such practice; an…
216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland permits regulated financial institutions to accept funds or open accounts where the ultimate beneficial owner has not been identified and verified in accordance with anti-money laundering legislation; whether any exemptions or alternative arrangements are recognised in supervisory guidance; and if he will provide d…
217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether reliance on third parties, including accountants, solicitors, or other professional intermediaries, to satisfy anti-money laundering and know your customer requirements is permitted under Irish law; the conditions under which such reliance is allowed; and the safeguards in place to ensure compliance with beneficial ownership requirements. [71…
218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether investment funds, including so-called vulture funds, are subject to the same anti-money laundering and know your customer verification standards as banks operating in the State; whether any differentiated treatment applies in practice; and the rationale for any such differences. [7150/26]
219. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of supervisory inspections, enforcement actions, or remedial directions relating to failures in anti-money laundering or know your customer compliance were issued by the Central Bank of Ireland in each of the past five years; and whether any related to failures to identify ultimate beneficial owners. [7151/26]
220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the reputational or regulatory risk to the State arising from any practices that could be perceived internationally as weakening anti-money laundering or know your customer controls; and whether any such concerns have been raised by EU or international bodies. [7152/26]
221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has been made aware, through engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland, of any pattern of confidential High Court settlements entered into by an organisation (details supplied) relating to mortgage or consumer banking disputes following the conclusion of the tracker mortgage examination; and whether such settlements have been…
222. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the policies or guidance in place to ensure that where a regulated financial institution settles multiple similar legal claims on a confidential basis, the Central Bank assesses whether those settlements constitute evidence of ongoing consumer detriment requiring market-wide redress; and whether he will provide details of any such assessments carried…
223. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank has an obligation, under the consumer protection framework arising from the tracker mortgage examination, to apply the "stop the harm" principle where evidence emerges of repeated settlements affecting a defined customer cohort; and whether he is satisfied that this principle is being applied consistently where redress is obt…
224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is concerned that permitting individual confidential settlements by regulated banks, without requiring equivalent redress for all similarly affected customers, risks creating unequal access to justice within the banking system; and whether he will review the adequacy of the Central Bank's powers and practices to ensure that consumer protec…
225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of complaints received by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive; the number and percentage of those complaints which were rejected or deemed inadmissible prior to a full investigation in each year; the principal statutory grounds relied upon for such rejections; and if he will make…
226. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has conducted, commissioned, or reviewed any analysis of the decision-making thresholds, screening criteria, or admissibility standards applied by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman when determining whether a complaint proceeds to full investigation; if not, whether he intends to initiate such a review; and if he wil…
227. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the governance and oversight mechanisms currently in place to ensure that the complaint rejection rates of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman remain consistent with the statutory objective of providing accessible, independent, and effective redress for consumers; whether his Department monitors uphold and rejection rates across complaint c…
228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify in relation to table 5 (details supplied) how the use of deferred tax assets are treated in the statistics; if the approximately €0.5 billion deferred tax assets used by the banks is contained within the €1.2 billion or had the bank not used DTAs the figure would be higher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7253/26]
229. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 331 and 332 of 22 January 2026, the number of people claiming non-dom status that are both resident in Ireland and Irish nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7255/26]
230. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated share of the €1.24 trillion in assets now held in Irish special purpose entities/section 110 companies; the breakdown, by value and number of special purpose entities/section 110 companies, by economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7256/26]
231. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update in relation to the Central Banks engagement with other national competent authorities in Europe to monitor whether exposure to Irish property assets has increased in these jurisdictions making particular reference to the outcome of engagement with the national competent authority in Luxembourg; and if he will make a statement …
232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 316 of 22 January 2026, the percentage of funds that are still above the 60% leverage threshold; the share with other 70%, 80%, 90% and 100% leverage respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7258/26]
233. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tonnage and value of gold held by the Central Bank of Ireland; to provide a schedule of disposal and acquisition of gold over the past 20 years to date in 2026. [7322/26]
234. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a complete schedule of the investment asset holdings and value held by the Central Bank of Ireland as of 26 January 2026. [7323/26]
25. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current regulations governing the issuing of vehicle registration plates by motor factors and other suppliers; if controls exist requiring proof of ownership prior to the production of number plates; if his Department is aware of concerns regarding the use of false or fraudulently obtained plates in criminal activity; and if consideration will be …