Parliamentary questions

447. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to expand or amend the help-to-buy scheme to help more buyers; if he will consider certain changes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12956/25]

236. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance to review a case in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10250/25]

237. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a lower corporation tax for small Irish businesses with profits below €100,000 per year to help generate more indigenous enterprise. [10245/25]

238. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in particular those concerned with the transposition and or implementation of further implementation of EU law requirements; those Statutory Instruments concerned with commencement of existing legis…

239. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date in 2025 that have applied for flat rate expenses (FRE) following the introduction of the requirement to submit a claim for these expenses; the numbers in each staff category who have applied in 2025; the numbers in each staff category who were in receipt of FRE in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

240. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a windfall tax on energy generators in response to rising wholesale prices in the gas and electricity market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10405/25]

241. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to address increasing insurance costs across a number of different products, including motor, home and business insurance; the level of oversight that exists on insurance companies; and if he will provide details of the increased premium costs, in percentage terms, in recent years across a number of the main insuranc…

242. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated for the 2025 tax year; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the numbers in each staff category, including but not limited to, nurses, teachers, construction workers, hospitality industry workers, shop workers, and bus drivers; and if he will make…

243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated; if he will provide a breakdown for the numbers in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/25]

244. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he has outlined at the European Council the need to ensure that the day-to-day supervision of the European Union’s insurance industry remains the exclusive competence of national competent authorities appointed by each member state under national law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10495/25]

245. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that any measures increasing the powers of the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) regarding cross border insurance sales contain legal guarantees that national parliaments have the right to access all material produced by, or shared with, EIOPA in the exercise of such powers; and if he will make a…

246. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers who received flat-rate expenses in 2023; and to provide a breakdown of these in each category, in tabular form. [10536/25]

247. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the number of workers to date who have applied to have their flat-rate expenses reinstated; and to provide a breakdown of these in each category, in tabular form. [10537/25]

33. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE taxpayers to date who have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated, and a breakdown for the numbers in each category under job type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9843/25]

34. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the numbers in each employment category or job type that were in receipt of flat rate expenses in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the total amount claimed by all categories of worker for the relevant years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9844/25]

35. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason flat rate expenses will not be automatically carried forward for any category of worker or PAYE taxpayer into 2025; the reason these new arrangements have been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9845/25]

36. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Finance the reason PAYE workers entitled to the flat rate expenses previously available on their tax credit certificate now must claim this credit using PAYE Services; the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated; and if he can provide a breakdown for the numbers in each category. [9872/25]

37. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated in 2025, broken down by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9886/25]

38. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated to date; the breakdown of the number in each category; the breakdown of the number in each staff category that were in receipt of these in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9887/25]

39. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to reform the DIRT tax from a flat tax to a progressive model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/25]

40. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses reinstated; and the numbers in each category to date in 2025. [9929/25]

41. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the numbers in each staff category that were in receipt of flat-rate expenses in 2024. [9930/25]

42. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward legislation for a “right to be forgotten” for cancer survivors, in order that they do not have to disclose their cancer diagnosis after five years, with independent oversight and penalties for companies who breach this right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9947/25]

43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing individuals whose medical conditions require the use of extensive medical equipment to claim flat-rate relief for electricity, as those who use kidney dialysis machines currently do. [9957/25]

44. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Airgeadais cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá á ndéanamh aige agus ag a Roinn chun an céatadán Gaeilgeoirí sin a ardú. [9962/25]