Parliamentary questions

331. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of tax audits that have been carried out by the State on businesses and citizens for each of the past ten years. [29351/26]

332. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline his Department's view of the Central Bank's substantially higher surplus projections; and how he can, in light of these projections, justify not reducing fuels to affordable levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29357/26]

333. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the maximum removal of excise home heating oil given the fact that home heating oil hit its highest price on record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29358/26]

334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the rationale for selling PTSB; and the safeguards that will be in place to protect jobs and the bank branch network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29359/26]

335. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending the Flat Rate Expenses (FRE) allowance to paramedics and EMT’s for uniform related tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29370/26]

336. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures that will be introduced to reduce the costs of kerosene home heating oil taking into account the additional financial pressures on households due to the increased costs of such fuel; if he will make a statement on the matter. [29377/26]

337. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue recouped annually by the Exchequer from carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit payments, including the impact of the real-time reporting and collection arrangements introduced from January 2026, and whether he has examined the estimated cost of making these payments fully tax-exempt (details supplied); a…

338. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the sectors entitled to the new fuel rebate scheme; and the way in which will it function. [29416/26]

339. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will urgently announce a simplified version of the measures taken to address the fuel crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29428/26]

340. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount collected in VAT from online casinos for each of the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29499/26]

341. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount in VAT from all forms of gambling on which VAT is charged for each of the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29500/26]

48. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline what action will be taken if tax due is not paid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28974/26]

49. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department intends to conduct a wholesale review of the taxes and levies which are applied to motor fuels such as petrol and diesel following the recent fuel price spikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29022/26]

50. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the timeline for Ireland’s implementation of Directive (EU) 2023/2225, the revised Consumer Credit Directive (CCD II); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28790/26]

51. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether pre-hospital emergency care workers have been considered for addition to the flat rate expenses allowance regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28800/26]

52. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023 State Litigation Principles; if his Department is fully applying the State Litigation Principles in seeking to resolve any current or outstanding legal actions; and if he will make a statemen…

53. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to request the Revenue Commissioners to grant paramedics, employed by the National Ambulance Service, the same level of uniform-related tax credits as other frontline healthcare professionals such as nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28880/26]

54. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a business (details supplied); the supports available to businesses that deliver their own products and do not qualify for existing fuel-related supports as they are neither licenced hauliers nor agricultural contractors; if he will consider introducing measures to assist such businesses with rising fu…

55. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in his Department; if there is any discrepancy in these policies based on seniority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28919/26]

56. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for staff that work for any agencies under the remit of his Department; if there is any discrepancy in these policies based on seniority; if this policy is under the control of the agency itself or if it is directed by the Department; and if he will mak…

57. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any review is ongoing in relation to his Department’s policy on flexible working and remote working for civil servants in his Department, particularly in the context of increased fuel prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28955/26]

58. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify the way in which funds raised under the new derelict site tax collected will be allocated, to confirm if funds collected will be allocated to the Local Authority, in which the derelict site or building is located in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28973/26]

59. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm the definition of derelict sites that will be used for the derelict site tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28975/26]

60. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department intends to conduct a wholesale review of the taxes and levies which are applied to motor fuels such as petrol and diesel following the recent fuel price spikes; whether his Department intends to conduct a wholesale review of the taxes and levies which are applied to home heating oil following the recent pric…

231. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of the issue around accessing and cash flow in relation to the diesel rebate scheme; if consideration has been given to providing the benefit of the diesel rebate scheme as a direct cut on excise on diesel at the pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26925/26]