818. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he uses an app (details supplied) for Government business; if the automatic deletion of messages function is operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58696/26]
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819. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the details of the messaging providers downloaded on his Ministerial phone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58714/26]
820. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department intends to carry out a full review of the levy imposed on private occupational pensions; and if there are plans to restore any of the monies collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58731/26]
821. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax credit regime in place to support the Irish film industry; his plans for the future development of this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58960/26]
822. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the work of the recently established flood insurance protection gap working group; their terms of reference and planned work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58961/26]
823. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to address ISIF's investment in companies on the UN's database of businesses operating in illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories; the ways the recent increase in investment can be explained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58962/26]
824. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to NTMA's annual report for 2025 which shows that the value of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's (ISIF) holdings in a military technology company (details supplied) increased from €950,000 in December 2024 to €3.4 million in December 2025; the justification for the Irish State profiting from a company that is…
825. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he received a response to the letter he sent on the 20 of June 2026 to European Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque relating to the recommendations made by the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach; the further action he intends to take to carry out these recommendations; …
826. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners to date for the mortgage interest tax relief scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications; the cost of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59162/26]
827. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of companies that the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has active investments with that are operating in illegally occupied Palestinian Territories according to the UN database; the size of each investment in euros; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59163/26]
828. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the help to buy scheme to reflect rising house prices in counties such as Galway, where the median asking price has increased substantially over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59165/26]
829. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance what measures his department is considering to reduce the tax burden on small and medium-sized enterprises in towns such as Tuam, Athenry, Gort, and Loughrea that continue to face increasing operating costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59166/26]
830. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has considered additional taxation measures for family farms, including amendments to agricultural relief and retirement relief, to support farm succession in counties such as Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59167/26]
831. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline the policy rationale for the requirement under the help to buy scheme that a first-time buyer's mortgage must be at least 70 per cent of the purchase price or approved valuation of a qualifying property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59168/26]
832. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of applicants in Galway who were deemed ineligible for the help to buy scheme in each of the past five years due to not meeting the requirement that the mortgage constitute at least 70 per cent of the purchase price or approved valuation of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59169/26]
833. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the impact of the 70 per cent mortgage requirement under the help to buy scheme on single applicants, self-builders and applicants in rural areas; and if he will publish the findings of such an assessment. [59170/26]
834. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to amending the help to buy scheme eligibility criteria to allow first-time buyers who have substantial savings or family support to qualify for the scheme where they otherwise meet all eligibility requirements but do not satisfy the 70 per cent mortgage threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59171/…
835. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of concerns that the 70 per cent mortgage requirement under the help to buy scheme may incentivise applicants to borrow more than is necessary in order to qualify for support; whether this matter has been examined by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59172/26]
836. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to removing actively farmed land from residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59175/26]
837. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of the REIT tax relief drawn down in 2023, 2024 and 2025 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59200/26]
838. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an assessment of the State's ability at attracting more companies offering public liability insurance into the market to ensure savings for policy holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59235/26]
839. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details on any interaction his Department or other departments have had and any legal advice that they have sought to end any involvement of the sale of Israeli war bonds by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59236/26]
840. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an assessment of the impact of the Duty of Care and PIAB legislation on insurance premiums for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59237/26]
841. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest figures for the number of people who have availed of the rent tax credit in this tax year, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59238/26]
842. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department's plans to engage with Northern and British authorities on the issues facing cross border workers and employers and particularly cross-Border remote workers as regards taxation matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59239/26]