275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of Revenue investigations, seizures or enforcement operations relating to illicit vaping products or untaxed nicotine products undertaken in each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40870/26]
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276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if an assessment has been undertaken regarding the estimated scale of the illicit vaping market within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40871/26]
277. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration is being given in Budget 2027 to additional tax relief measures for small family-run businesses operating in rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40909/26]
278. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the implementation processes around the VAT reductions for the hospitality sector which is to come into place on 1 July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40910/26]
279. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he intends to address an issue (details supplied) with the RZLT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/26]
280. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on the progress made implementing the Programme for Government commitments within his remit and on the achievements since the formation of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41385/26]
51. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount total raised via the vacant homes tax in each of the years since it has been operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40721/26]
52. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration being given to the impact of ongoing cost-of-living pressures, including increases in energy, fuel and food costs, on retired public servants and teachers; if additional supports or measures are being considered to protect pensioners' incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40402/26]
53. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the perspectives shared at recent hearings held by the Oireachtas Committee on Finance regarding the need to adopt a coordinated and/or sequenced approach to the abolition of the deemed disposal rule and the introduction of new personal investment accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40406/26]
54. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has received a recent report from an organisation (details supplied); and if his Department will assess the reports' recommendations for an accelerated capital allowance to incentivise increased investment in digital transition and AI adoption by Irish SMEs. [40407/26]
55. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the need to amend Section 626B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to align the substantial shareholding exemption more closely with the dividend participation exemption, in order to support Ireland’s competitiveness as a holding company location for global private asset investment; and if he will consider extending the exemption t…
56. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its subsidiaries; the value of each; the type and/or name of each project; if any project has been abandoned, paused, put on hold and completed; if any projects over ran on cost and delivery; and if so, …
57. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the distinction in the VAT rate between oral and injectable medications; if there are plans to include injectable medicines under annex III of the EU VAT Directive in order that the VAT rate can be equalised at 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40430/26]
58. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a pensioner in County Kildare (details supplied) is paying a high level of income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40475/26]
59. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the findings of the recent survey (details supplied) which found the associated notional tax loss to the Exchequer stands at approximately €645m per annum; if he accepts that further increases in tobacco excise may risk stagnating revenues by driving more consumers towards illicit and non-Irish duty paid tobacco products; and if…
136. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will bring forward an emergency budget to help people deal with the cost of living. [39713/26]
137. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any applications have been made to date to the Revenue Commissioners from property owners in Drogheda and Dundalk for access to the living cities initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39890/26]
138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the motor insurance transparency code is voluntary and not subject to administrative sanctions procedure. [39714/26]
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his position and introduce a windfall tax on energy companies in order to fund support for workers and families with the rising cost of bills. [39715/26]
140. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has undertaken any examination of additional tax measures for family carers and persons with disabilities, in recognition of the additional day to day costs associated with disability, including energy, transport and healthcare-related expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39891/26]
141. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering new taxation measures to strengthen Ireland's competitiveness to support the growth of the indigenous sector and encourage retail investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39878/26]
142. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering a reduction in the capital gains tax rate from 33% to 25% for active business assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39656/26]
143. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Government and the Central Bank are acting in accordance with the recommendations set out in the report on the Israeli bond programme of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason €7.7 billion in proceeds from the sale of AIB shares is sitting, uninvested, with the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF. [39793/26]
145. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, is fully divested from all companies that are directly and indirectly involved in illegally occupied Palestinian territories, OPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39699/26]