249. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the Taxes Consolidation Act to allow traditional heritage crafts such as thatching to qualify for an exemption similar to the artists’ exemption, in view of the critically low number of practising thatchers remaining in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36466/26]
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250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 28 April 2026, if he sought flexibility from the EU in relation to the ETD provision to ensure the private jet did not benefit from emergency excise cuts, as it did for other measures; and, if not, the reason for not seeking that flexibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35834/26]
251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated amount, by total value of household deposits covered by the deposit guarantee scheme, held in financial institutions in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35835/26]
252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total share of household deposits estimated to be covered by the deposit guarantee scheme held in financial institutions in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35836/26]
253. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total VAT collected on electricity generation for each year since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35837/26]
254. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and-or products from a company (details supplied); the duration and cost of the contract; and the services they avail of from the company. [35865/26]
255. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the application of 23% VAT on injectable prescription medicines, including Tirzepatide, having regard to price disparities with Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35894/26]
256. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which the Exchequer cash reserves, and other liquid assets, were reduced by approximately €10 billion over the four months from the end of 2025 until the end of April 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35963/26]
257. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total payment from the Central Bank to the Irish Banking sector in the form of interest payments on reserves from 2011 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35964/26]
258. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number and names of all banks that benefits from payments from the Central Bank in the form of interest payments on reserves in 2024. [35965/26]
259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he accepts that the Revenue Commissioners cannot currently identify the specific Exchequer yield attributable solely to the eight-year deemed disposal rule as distinct from other chargeable events under the gross roll-up regime; whether consideration has been given to introducing separate reporting requirements for deemed disposal events; and…
260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department intends to commission any independent empirical analysis or behavioural modelling on the impact of the deemed disposal regime on retail investor behaviour, long-term savings patterns, Exchange Traded Fund participation, or capital allocation decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36105/26]
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the forthcoming roadmap on the taxation of retail investment will include specific proposals relating to the reform, amendment, deferral, or abolition of the eight-year deemed disposal rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36106/26]
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the comparative fairness of applying taxation to unrealised gains within regulated investment funds while direct equity investments are generally taxed only upon realisation of gains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36107/26]
263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any assessment has been conducted on the impact of the deemed disposal regime on small and medium retail investors seeking to build long-term savings through diversified investment products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36108/26]
264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether consideration has been given to introducing a tax-exempt or tax-simplified Irish retail investment account for ordinary savers, similar to savings and investment account models operating in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36109/26]
265. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has conducted any assessment of the administrative complexity imposed on individual taxpayers by the self-assessment obligations associated with Exchange Traded Funds subject to the deemed disposal regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36110/26]
266. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has examined the extent to which the deemed disposal regime may discourage Irish retail investors from participating in diversified long-term investment products compared with consumers in other EU jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36111/26]
267. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any analysis has been conducted on the interaction between the deemed disposal regime and the European Commission's Savings and Investment Union objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36112/26]
268. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he intends to publish any consultation paper, stakeholder submissions, or public engagement process in advance of the publication of the roadmap on the taxation of retail investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36113/26]
269. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to his Department, as referred to in media reports (details supplied); if he will provide details of the percentage reduction(s) in spending in his Department referenced in the correspondence; and if he w…
270. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of the past five, including a breakdown by medium that is radio, television, social media, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36489/26]
26. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether there are any supports beyond the primary medical cert for payment of motor tax or insurance. [35530/26]
27. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he or his officials participated in discussions with Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal or Austria about calling for an EU-wide windfall tax on energy companies; to provide details of any such discussions; the reasons he did not co-sign such correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35380/26]
28. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the rationale for running an exchequer deficit in the years 2026 to 2030, primarily to finance transfers to the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund, as set out in Table 12 of the Annual Progress Report 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35425/26]