214. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the key measures taken to support the credit union sector since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53499/26]
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215. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the key measures taken under the remit of his Department to control insurance costs since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53500/26]
216. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people who have paid the domicile levy in each year since 2022; the amount collected through the levy in each year since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53503/26]
217. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to review benefit-in-kind being charged on staff events and hospitality related spending including working lunches and food deliveries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53513/26]
218. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider a no-tax policy on customer tips and gratuities, allowing hospitality workers to retain 100% of tips voluntarily given to them, whether paid by cash or electronically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53514/26]
219. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people currently availing of the rent-a-room relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53544/26]
220. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to address the anomaly whereby people on occupational pensions are subject to USC as opposed to State pensioners who are not (details supplied); if a waiver up to the limit of the State pension should apply to those on occupational pensions; and the estimated cost of introducing such a waiver. [53614/26]
221. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a progress report on the updating of the maps of qualifying areas relevant to the Living City Initiative for Cork city. [53615/26]
222. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance with regard to the 1600 investors affected by the collapse of a company (details supplied), if he will initiate a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collapse; if he will ensure accountability from all parties responsible for any wrongdoing or failures in oversight; to seek greater transparency regarding the sale of assets and t…
223. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason there is a delay for a company (details supplied) in receiving their R&D tax credit claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53656/26]
224. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a list of tax measures which have been submitted for EU State aid approval in the past five years; the outcomes in respect of each measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53714/26]
225. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme will continue to remain in place; whether his Department has plans to cease the scheme if the Department of Transport introduces a vehicle adaptation scheme; whether his Department plans to consolidate responsibility for vehicle adaptation schemes into one Department; and if he will make a state…
58. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 1 May 2025, the current situation regarding the drafting at a national level on the proposed EU National Regional Partnership Plans; how this process has been taking place and the input at parliamentary and civil society level to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/26]
59. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51983/26]
60. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the current interaction between Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) on lifetime property gifts within families; if his attention has been drawn to cases where parents gifting residential properties to their adult children, such as single parents or first-time buyers, to alleviate housing distress face signific…
61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm the Government received a non-binding proposal (details supplied) in August 2025 separate to the 5 September 2025 offer and to outline the details of same; to clarify the reason the August proposal was concluded to have amounted to an offer. [52054/26]
62. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of a stamp duty exemption, reduction or refund scheme for older homeowners who voluntarily downsize, or "rightsize", from larger family homes to smaller principal private residences; whether his Department has examined the potential impact of such a measure on housing mobility and on the more efficient use of ex…
63. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to state or estimate the original establishment cost of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), including the initial cost of acquiring loans, bad debts and properties; and the total net return to the State from NAMA in the intervening period, taking account of inflation where possible. [52075/26]
64. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of meetings of the Working Party on Tax Questions, including meetings dealing with indirect taxation, that are scheduled or expected to take place during the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union; whether the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive is expected to feature on the agenda of any such meeting; and if he will ma…
65. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Ireland intends to table or support a Presidency compromise text on the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union; whether he expects the file to be brought to ECOFIN for political agreement before the end of the Irish Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52119/2…
66. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, in seeking agreement on the Tobacco Taxation Directive, Ireland will support the inclusion of novel nicotine products, including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches, within the EU excise framework; whether Ireland supports minimum excise rates that reflect public-health objectives as well as internal-market consideration…
67. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department is considering any changes to the deemed disposal rules applying to exchange traded funds and certain investment funds as part of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52152/26]
68. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the revised disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52185/26]
69. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance given his acknowledgement of the limitations of the Revenue Commissioners Ready Reckoner in accurately forecasting the Exchequer yield from tobacco excise increases (details supplied), if he will use an improved model explicitly incorporating behavioural responses such as product substitution, switching to illicit tobacco products or cross-border purc…
70. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering a VAT reduction for the sale of products made by Irish craft workers. [52209/26]