Parliamentary questions

1011. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of businesses that registered and submitted returns for the accounting period 1 January 2026 to 28 February 2026 for the e-liquid products tax (EPT), which were due by 31 March 2026; the volumes and values of e-liquid products subject to EPT in that period; the total tax collected; any available breakdown by geography …

1012. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being put in place to monitor compliance rates with the requirements of the E-liquid products tax following the passing of the deadline for the returns for the second accounting period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27265/26]

1013. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of x-ray scans conducted on incoming Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo containers at all Irish ports in each of the ten years 2006-2015, in tabular form. [27266/26]

1014. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether self employed sole traders are entitled to claim the bike to work scheme grant. [27286/26]

1015. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the dates and attendees of all meeting he or his Department have had with an association (details supplied) since he took office. [27289/26]

1016. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures currently in place to ensure that employees are able to avail of the TaxSaver commuter ticket and bike-to-work schemes in circumstances where their employer refuses to facilitate participation; if he is aware that some employers do not offer access to these schemes despite employees commuting primarily by public t…

1017. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if measures will be introduced without delay to reduce the costs of green diesel for farmers and agricultural contractors in view of the serious increase in such costs and the resultant financial pressures on the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27322/26]

1018. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if self-employed sole-traders are included within the cycle to work scheme; if not, whether serious consideration would be given to expanding the scheme to include these sole-traders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27327/26]

203. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23200/26]

204. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated amount of tax bands (the standard rate cut off point) would have been increased for a single person and married couple had they been indexed to inflation earnings in the Budget 2026; the cost of this to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23122/26]

205. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting the first €500 and the first €1,000 of income from interest from DIRT for a single person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23123/26]

206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the removal of the 1% levy on life assurance investment policies where such policies are used exclusively to hold personal injury, medical negligence, or other compensation awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23182/26]

207. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to reform flood insurance in Ireland; his views on insurance cover for persons living in areas with demountable flood defences; his views on legislating for compulsory insurance cover for those living in areas which are prone to flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23195/26]

208. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there is any long term exemption for a farmer who has to annually prove he is actively farming lands zoned as residential zoned land tax, and thus receives an exemption but then must repeat the process the following year, at a cost to himself; how this can be avoided for genuine farmers who should not have to do this annuall…

209. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether there is a mechanism for review or clarification of Central Credit Register reporting practices where an individual is unhappy with the inclusion of an entry on their credit report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23331/26]

210. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the policy towards the recording of old debts on a credit report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23332/26]

211. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the estimated full-year and short-term Exchequer cost of a 25 percent reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel, including the associated reduction in VAT receipts arising from the lower pump price. [23348/26]

212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to detail the modelling undertaken by his Department on the expected reduction in average pump prices resulting from the proposed excise duty cut, including the assumed pass-through rate to consumers. [23349/26]

213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the alternative policy options considered by his Department to reduce fuel costs for households and businesses, including reductions in VAT on fuel, targeted rebates, or broader excise adjustments, and the estimated cost of each option. [23350/26]

214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for limiting the proposed excise reduction to a temporary and defined period, and whether longer-duration or scalable measures were considered in light of ongoing volatility in global oil markets. [23351/26]

215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of any distributional analysis carried out by his Department on the impact of fuel price increases and proposed mitigation measures on different income groups, including middle-income working households not eligible for social welfare supports. [23352/26]

216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Government’s current budget surplus influenced the scale and duration of the proposed fuel price interventions, and if so, how this assessment was balanced against current cost-of-living pressures. [23353/26]

217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the engagement undertaken at EU level regarding coordinated responses to energy price shocks, including any discussions on excise flexibility, VAT measures, or joint purchasing mechanisms. [23354/26]

218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the range of oil price and supply shock scenarios currently being modelled by his Department. [23355/26]

219. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the number of instances, identify of and cost of same, of the use of private investigation companies or persons by the State Claims Agency from 2021 to-date in 2026. [23398/26]