293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the resources, including staffing, allocated to customs enforcement against counterfeit goods at ports, mail centres and other points of importation; and if he is satisfied that this resourcing is adequate. [67972/26]
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294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have identified counterfeit goods, including counterfeit toys and electronic accessories, being imported through or from Northern Ireland and sold in retail premises alongside untaxed or non-compliant e-liquid products; and the enforcement action taken. [67971/26]
295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number, category and estimated value of counterfeit goods seized by the Revenue Commissioners through Customs in each of the years 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of such cases referred for prosecution. [67970/26]
296. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if counselling and psychotherapy treatments and services qualify for tax relief for health expenses, where the individual providing that service is qualified to provide the service; if CORU registration is considered for the purposes of being a "registered practitioner"; and if not, if he will consider expanding tax relief for these services. [680…
298. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will advise whether a review of the help to buy scheme is currently planned; whether consideration is being given to revising the eligibility criteria, particularly the requirement that applicants obtain a mortgage at or above a specified percentage of the property's value; and whether consideration has been given to the difficulties this requ…
26. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the ongoing work of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles concerning false and non-compliant vehicle registration plates, whether the regulatory framework used in Spain or comparable EU jurisdictions, including approved supplier registration, supplier identification, transaction traceability and minimum manufacturing standards, has been…
27. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether consideration is being given to requiring suppliers of vehicle registration plates to maintain standardised electronic records of plates supplied, including the vehicle registration number, date of supply, number of plates supplied and appropriate details verifying the purchaser's entitlement to obtain the plate; whether such records could be …
28. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, as part of the ongoing interdepartmental examination of vehicle registration plate regulation, consideration is being given to requiring each approved registration plate supplier to have a unique supplier identification number permanently displayed or otherwise incorporated on every road-use registration plate produced by that supplier, there…
29. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 17 February 2026, and the ongoing interdepartmental examination of measures to improve compliance with vehicle registration plate requirements, whether consideration is being given to the establishment of a statutory register of approved vehicle registration plate manufacturers and suppliers; whether the wo…
30. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is tracking international developments in terms of support for tokenisation, such as the latest announcement by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England of its plans for a joint tokenization roadmap; and to set out the way in which the Government will ensure that Ireland does not fall behind other European jurisdictions…
31. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the Autumn Legislative Programme does not list the planned legislation to support the tokenisation of the fund sector as committed to in the new Ireland for Finance strategy; and to outline when this legislation is expected. [67538/26]
32. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the actions being taken to improve competition in the retail banking sector following recent market consolidation; and the measures being considered to strengthen consumer protections in relation to fees, mortgage switching and digital only banking. [67447/26]
33. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will assess the potential impact of a reduction in the VAT rate on wood fuels on domestic producers and suppliers, including businesses operating in County Laois; and if he will consider the benefits such a measure could provide for household heating costs, rural employment and the development of Ireland's domestic biomass supply chain. [67446/…
34. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the current 23% VAT rate applying to wood-fuel heating appliances, including qualifying wood-burning stoves and biomass boilers; and if he will examine the potential for applying the 9% second reduced VAT rate to the supply and installation of qualifying wood-fuel heating systems, in line with the existing treatment of low-emission …
35. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the impact on household heating costs of the current 13.5% VAT rate applying to wood fuels, including pellets and firewood; and if he will examine whether a reduction to the 9% rate would assist households using biomass heating while also supporting the domestic wood-fuel supply chain. [67444/26]
36. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of VAT applicable to wood fuels, including wood pellets, firewood and woodchip, from 13.5% to 9% and if he will examine the potential for aligning the VAT treatment of wood fuels with other domestic heating energy sources. [67443/26]
37. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being considered to support the sustainability of rural pubs, given their important social, cultural and economic role in rural communities and the continued closure of such businesses; and whether he will support the introduction of an on-trade sustainability support scheme to help protect the future viability of rural pubs. […
168. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will raise the income limit for those aged 65 years and over when it comes to paying tax on income to allow them to keep more of modest occupational pensions which they paid tax on while working and now do so again, to better support older people. [66369/26]
169. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether consideration has been given to the introduction of targeted tax measures to support public houses in view of the ongoing rate of closures, particularly in rural communities; and whether an assessment of the potential effectiveness of such measures has been carried out. [66386/26]
170. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will introduce a GP infrastructure investment tax relief scheme in Budget 2027, allowing individual GPs and GP partnerships to write off qualifying investment in new or expanded practice premises over a defined period. [66406/26]
171. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has considered applying a reduced rate of VAT to alcohol-free beers, wines, spirits and other non-alcoholic adult beverages as part of Budget 2027; and whether an assessment has been undertaken of the potential public health benefits of incentivising consumers to choose alcohol-free alternatives. [66591/26]
172. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has considered the introduction of a personal tax relief for gym and swimming pool memberships to encourage greater participation in physical activity and support national public health objectives, and whether his Department has assessed the potential cost and uptake of such a measure. [66626/26]
173. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any lands owned by an organisation (details supplied) are included on Residential Zoned Land Tax maps; the number and area of such lands; whether Residential Zoned Land Tax has been assessed or is payable in respect of those lands; the amount assessed or payable in each year since the introduction of the tax; whether any exemptions, exclusio…
174. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims received, resolved and outstanding under schemes managed by the State Claims Agency in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by claim category and scheme; the number and value of settlements, awards and other compensation payments made in each year; the associated expenditure on legal costs, expert and professio…
175. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average waiting period for claim adjudication by the Financial Services and Public Ombudsman. [66762/26]