104. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he would consider introducing tax relief for PAYE individuals who engage the services of an accountant for the purposes of their tax return and incur fees. [69956/26]
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105. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the RZLT exemption which has been in place for the past two years; if he has considered continuing the exemption for 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70015/26]
106. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance If he will address the concerns raised in correspondence details attached regarding the financial pressures facing middle-income working families, including the impact of income tax, USC and rising household costs; and if he will outline the measures being considered to assist such families in Budget 2027. [69953/26]
107. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing medical expenses to qualify for tax relief at the higher rate of tax given this existed prior to 2009. [70039/26]
108. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to list the cultural institutions, if any, including museums, galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, concert halls, bands, ensembles, and performing companies, operated or hosted by his Department and public bodies or semi-State companies under his Department's remit, identifying the State funding provided for these institutions each year fo…
109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a specific capital acquisitions tax exemption or enhanced threshold for inheritances received by persons with a lifelong disability or permanent incapacity; the number of such beneficiaries who paid CAT in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70276/26]
110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of criminal prosecutions initiated, convictions secured and fines imposed in respect of the sale or supply of illegal tobacco products in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of retail premises found to be selling illicit tobacco in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70326/26]
111. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the excise duty and total tax payable on a pack of 20 cigarettes in the most popular price category in the State, compared with Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the EU average, as of 1 September 2026; the analysis carried out by the Department on the extent to which this differential is driving purchases outside the State and on the illicit mark…
112. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have estimated the effect of each of the excise increases on tobacco products announced in Budgets 2020 to 2026 on the level of legal duty paid consumption, cross border and travel purchases, and illicit consumption; the projected and actual excise yield from each such increase; and if he will make a sta…
113. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of Revenue staff, in whole-time equivalent terms, assigned to tobacco smuggling detection and enforcement at ports, airports and postal hubs in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of scanners and detector dog teams deployed for this purpose in each year; if additional resources for tobacco enforcement are planned…
114. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of seizures of cigarettes and of other tobacco products made by Revenue in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the volume and estimated value seized in each year, broken down by point of detection, including Dublin Port, Rosslare Europort, Dublin Airport, Cork Airport, Shannon Airport, the postal and parcel system and inlan…
115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated loss to the Exchequer from illegal cigarettes and illegal roll-your-own tobacco, respectively, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, as estimated by the Revenue Commissioners in the Illegal Tobacco Products Research Survey; the proportion of cigarettes consumed in the State that were illegal, legal non-Irish duty paid and Irish duty paid, …
116. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department have considered tax reliefs for private gyms, similar to those introduced for hospitality; if further consideration has been given to the introduction of a tax relief for gym and pool memberships to encourage uptake. [70209/26]
117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual contribution by Ireland to the EU budget under the European Commission's proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2028 to 2034, compared with the annual contribution under the current framework, in tabular form; his Department's estimate of the contribution should the proposal be reduced by several hundred billion euros; …
118. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he intends to publish periodic implementation reports on the Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2025–2029 setting out progress against each of the 26 actions in the Plan, as was done under the previous Action Plan, under which four implementation reports were published between July 2021 and February 2024; the expected date of publication of the firs…
119. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm, whether the Government is reviewing the tax treatment of the bereaved partner’s State pension (contributory); whether this will be considered as part of Budget 2027; whether consideration will be given to excluding this pension from the calculation that reduces a working recipient’s tax credits and rate band; and if no change is pla…
120. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider removing carer’s allowance from the PAYE system and exempting these payments from income tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70444/26]
121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of complaints before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman relating to pension disputes that have been awaiting formal adjudication for periods of less than six months, six to twelve months, one to two years and more than two years; the average time taken to conclude an adjudication; and the measures being taken to reduce waiting…
122. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing legislation so that the bereaved partner’s contributory pension does not reduce the tax credits or tax rate band of a working recipient (details supplied); if he will consider treating this pension in the same way as other social welfare payments that are exempt from income tax; if the Government is currently revie…
123. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department holds, or has held in the preceding five years, contracts with a company (details supplied); and the value and purpose of any such contracts. [70471/26]
124. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has considered the consequences that the return or non-registration of a mortgage complaint on administrative grounds may have for a complainant where court proceedings are subsequently commenced, having regard in particular to section 49 of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017; the date on which a complaint is regarde…
125. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will seek confirmation from the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman that, where a complaint has been submitted and the FSPO subsequently requires additional signatures, information or documentation before registering or progressing it, the original date of receipt of the complaint will be preserved; and if he will make a statement…
126. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is aware that more than 140 mortgage complaints have recently been returned by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, with complainants reportedly provided with approximately ten days to remedy administrative deficiencies; whether he has sought or received information from the FSPO concerning the circumstances in which these com…
127. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is aware of complaints having been rejected by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman where electronic signatures were provided through an authorised third-party electronic-signature platform, notwithstanding that the FSPO now facilitates electronic signatures through its own online system; whether he is satisfied that the treatm…
128. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is satisfied that the requirement for both borrowers to sign a complaint concerning a joint mortgage may prevent a borrower from accessing the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman where the other borrower is unwilling, unable or unavailable to participate, including where borrowers are separated or estranged; whether consideration …