170. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance if he will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18428/25]
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171. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18453/25]
172. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18470/25]
173. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18487/25]
57. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Finance to outline the difference in VAT treatment in relation to recruitment agencies who are working for third level institutions and subsidiaries of the same institutions who may not be required to charge VAT on their services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17654/25]
58. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 2 April 2025, if he will list the eight companies in which Ireland indirectly invests €9.4 million, which derive profit from the activities in Israel's illegal settlements in the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17671/25]
59. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine correspondence regarding VAT for taxi drivers (details attached); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17812/25]
60. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance to supply the analysis he received with respect to the impact of global geopolitical and trade events on the economic scenarios facing the country over the next one to five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17854/25]
61. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance to provide the most recent analysis on domestic credit availability in Ireland, in particular for indigenous businesses; how this compares to other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17855/25]
62. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual value of each tax cut measure introduced in each annual budget from Budget 2017 to Budget 2025. [17856/25]
63. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the plans with regard to the Programme for Government commitment to bring forward measures to support SMEs, in particular the retail and hospitality sectors, acknowledging the increased cost pressures on these sectors; if this will entail changes to VAT, PRSI and other measures; if these measures will be implemented as part of the normal budget process; the plans …
64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the estimated cost to the exchequer of the loophole introduce into the PRSA pension schemes in the Finance Act 2022, and subsequently closed in the Finance Act 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18023/25]
65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to clarify that tax avoidance if against the law; that the use of the loophole introduce into the PRSA pension schemes in the Finance Act 2022, and subsequently closed in the Finance Act 2025 for the purpose of avoiding tax is unlawful; if general anti-avoidance regulation can be used to recoup the tax that has been lost;; and if he will make a statement on the…
66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when his Department was first made aware of the loophole introduced into the PRSA pension schemes in the Finance Act 2022, and subsequently closed in the Finance Act 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18025/25]
339. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 25 March 2025, his views on whether existing age-based policies enacted by some insurance companies amount to discrimination under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17443/25]
340. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the potential benefit of introducing a new section 23 type tax relief scheme to encourage individual private investors to invest in the provision of private rental accommodation, i.e. to become individual private landlords. [17618/25]
341. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether there should be a requirement for credit unions to hold their annual general meetings in person rather than via electronic video conferencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16520/25]
342. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance whether he has any plans to reform the regulation of lifetime loan products issued by companies such as (details supplied) to strengthen consumer protection for borrowers and, as part of any such reform, to examine whether these consumer protections could be applied retrospectively to limit the amount of compound interest applied. [16556/25]
343. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance the reason an over-the-counter medication (details supplied) purchased in another EU Member State was not allowed into the State by customs officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16666/25]
344. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have come to his Department's attention for reasons of overspend…
345. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the exemption from income tax, capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax on payments made to the women impacted by the failures in the Cervical Check national screening programme, announced in Budget 2025, can be extended to those who received settlements after developing the sleep disorder narcolepsy from the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine; and if he wil…
346. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the total number of individual custom inspections conducted on incoming air and sea passengers at each individual port and airport in the State in each respective year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16737/25]
347. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the number of x-ray scanners currently in place to detect illicit trade and smuggling at ports and airports around the country; the number of scans conducted in 2024; if it is planned to increase the number of scanners and the volume of scans at ports and airports this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16738/25]
348. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the total revenue collected in 2024 from tobacco products tax; the total volume and retail value of the tobacco products sold to generate this revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16739/25]
349. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to increasing the betting tax in order to fund sport; and if he intends to increase the betting tax in order to provide additional funding to soccer. [16771/25]