Parliamentary questions

332. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the options in relation to VAT on petrol and diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28774/26]

424. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to amend the excise rebate scheme to make it easier to navigate and more cost effective for small bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/26]

425. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 November 2025, if he will ensure that employment is protected and the branch network retained in the event of the sale of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27886/26]

426. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason bus drivers are not permitted to register for VAT; and if there any plans to change this. [27897/26]

427. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of visits to Donegal and the IDA over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27926/26]

428. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of VAT treatment of diagnostic medical devices, aligning them with the exemption already granted to defibrillators; to clarify and expand eligibility for VAT and duty relief for community-led, non-commercial health trials; if he will enable temporary admission or equivalent relief for short-term diagnos…

429. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending VRT relief to second-hand EVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28202/26]

430. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether a single person who is in receipt of a State pension (contributory) or State pension (non-contributory) and half rate carer's allowance only, are required to make an income tax return and pay any tax due by way of lump sum or whether in such cases it can be deducted at source; and if he will make a statement on the matte…

431. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any product or service purchased from the United Arab Emirates by his Department in 2025, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/26]

432. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total Exchequer cost of fuel-related subsidies introduced in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28332/26]

433. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to explain, by reference to the residual tax ceiling requirement under article 110 TFEU as interpreted by decades of CJEU judgements including case C-349/22 which specifically states in its conclusion that new taxes that result in a higher tax charge than the residual tax incorporated in similar cars is prohibited; the way in which …

434. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 26 March 2026, if he will specify the actions that have been taken under action 17 of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2025-2029; the further steps that will be taken this year under that plan's action 17; if the stakeholders being engaged include residents' associations; if so, the…

435. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 26 March 2026, if the findings made by the study of alternative flood insurance models review in 2019 are publicly available; if it is intended to review that review; if his Department has examined methods of introducing mandatory cover without increasing premia; and if he will make a s…

436. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to elaborate on his recent statement that the current energy crisis is 'the worst the world has ever seen'; the reports or research he relied on in forming this view; and the reason he believes that recent events are worse than the 1973 oil embargo when oil prices quadrupled almost overnight. [28540/26]

437. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the policy justification for carbon taxes and for their progressive increase every year. [28542/26]

438. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the minimum rates of excise, carbon taxes, VAT and any other taxes or levies which the State is required to place on each litre of unleaded or diesel fuel as a matter of European Union law and which the State has no discretion to reduce or abolish. [28543/26]

439. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 985 of 14 April 2026, if his Department monitors or possesses an estimate of the value of unclaimed prizes, both of the estates of deceased persons and those who may be unaware of their winnings; the number of statements issued in each of the past five years, expressed as a proportion of overa…

440. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28594/26]

441. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps a person can take to be reimbursed for the loss incurred due to the recent blockades (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/26]

442. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total VAT receipts on unleaded and diesel fuel in each month of 2026 to date. [28612/26]

443. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason he proposes to amend the relevant tax legislation to provide that all taxation appeals should occur in public; the way in which it can possibly be justified to expose the private affairs or citizens to public scrutiny in circumstances where no allegations of wrongdoing or tax evasion is being made against them; and to e…

444. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenues yielded from the taxes adjusted by the Dáil in Financial Resolutions 1, 2, and 3 recently, as in the resolutions for all years to 2025; and the projections from his Department from years 2026 onwards, in tabular form. [28635/26]

445. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns regarding the recent fuel support package raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28637/26]

446. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28657/26]

447. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total volume and estimated value of cigarette and tobacco seizures recorded by the Revenue Commissioners to date in 2026; the estimated potential loss to the Exchequer arising from these seized products; whether he will consider the automatic publication of seizure data at the end of each quarter; and if he will make a state…