352. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an invoice can be paid by his Department without an associated purchase order having first been raised; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; the number and value of payments made during quarter one of 2026 which were not associated with a purchase order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45182/26]
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353. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of sheriff warrants issued by the Revenue Commissioners in the first five months of 2026; and the total amount of tax involved in these warrants. [45247/26]
354. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has an any way to identify which Parliamentary Questions are AI generated; and the amount it costs, on average, to answer a Parliamentary Question. [45370/26]
355. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated reduction in VAT revenue caused by the abolition of VAT on newspapers in 2023; the reasons for this change; and his views on whether or not this tax reduction was passed on to consumers. [45518/26]
356. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of homes that were built under section 268 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; the level of oversight, assessment or enforcement of these conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45690/26]
357. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of homes built under section 268 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 that resulted in the creation of licenses to reside rather than tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45692/26]
358. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when it is proposed to introduce changes to the disabled drivers scheme; if the proposed changes will improve the scheme for disabled drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45766/26]
359. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the disabled driver and passenger scheme will be discontinued when the Department of Transport introduces its new vehicle adaptation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45777/26]
360. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45842/26]
361. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a VAT rate of 23% is applied to mooring charges levied by local authorities at harbours and marinas; whether these charges are treated as standard-rated supplies of services under VAT law; the legal basis for the application of VAT to such public authority charges; if he will consider whether an exemption or reduced rate could apply …
362. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the Governments position on draft legislation from the European Commission that will require member states to tax electricity at a lower rate than gas, in a bid to cut consumers’ power bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45895/26]
363. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the size limits applying to the VAT zero-rating of children’s footwear, in view of the fact that some children require shoe sizes above the qualifying limits and must therefore purchase VAT-liable adult footwear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45915/26]
176. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people who applied and qualified for a tax incentive of €400 on the income generated from selling electricity back to the electricity grid under the Clean Export Guarantee in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44713/26]
177. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to increase the tax incentive for persons who generate electricity in their own homes and sell it back to clean energy under the Clean Export Guarantee System, to the grid at €2,000 per annum given infrastructure is already in place and can lead to energy on the national grid from renewable sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44…
178. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update for farmers operating on land zoned for residential use in relation to the residential zoned land tax; the analysis which has been conducted since the Finance Bill 2025; and his plans to bring forward a permanent solution. [44751/26]
179. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of rental properties that have availed of the tax incentive for small-scale landlords who undertake retrofitting works in respect of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44831/26]
516. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 19 May 2026, when the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 will be amended and brought into line with social welfare legislation that exists, to give full recognition to partners as is given to married couples (details supplied); if the Revenue Commissioners and his Department will give full …
517. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of the difficulties being experienced by private individuals with the Revenue Commissioners importing goods from the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41471/26]
518. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that other countries allow their citizens to claim seafarer’s tax back or avail of seafarer’s allowance without a requirement that they are at least 161 days at sea or with reference to the port of commencement or destination; and if he plans to review this allowance. [41493/26]
519. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current value of deposits in each of the State savings schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41518/26]
520. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason car insurance renewal quotes are increased even when a person makes no claim (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41592/26]
521. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the current position in respect of bilateral conventions for the relief of double taxation on Capital Acquisitions Tax, including the jurisdictions with which Ireland has such conventions in force; the date on which the network of CAT conventions was last formally reviewed by his Department; whether any new bilateral CAT conventions are …
522. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the position that Ireland currently maintains only two bilateral conventions for the relief of double taxation of Capital Acquisitions Tax, namely those with the United Kingdom and the United States, his Department's assessment of how this compares with the inheritance and gift tax treaty networks maintained by other EU member states; wh…
523. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the impact on Irish-domiciled families in the absence of bilateral Capital Acquisitions Tax conventions between Ireland and EU member states other than the United Kingdom, particularly in cases where an Irish-resident disponer leaves assets to a beneficiary resident in another member state and the structural limi…
524. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider further increasing the tax-free thresholds at which children in group A and close relatives in group B can inherit property and assets from their family as part of Budget 2027, particularly in light of continued property price growth and the impact on family homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41607/26]