Parliamentary questions

382. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to reduce as a matter of priority the excise duty on fuel as a cost of living measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21981/26]

383. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to introduce as a matter of priority, a new set of cost-of-living measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21982/26]

384. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to introduce as a matter of priority, a new set of cost of living measures (details supplied)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/26]

385. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine concerns regarding the behaviour of a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22042/26]

386. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current balance of the National Reserve Fund; the planned contributions over the next three fiscal years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22043/26]

387. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total revenue raised from carbon tax in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22044/26]

388. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being considered to increase competition in the retail banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22045/26]

389. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his evaluation ahead of the reappointment of the Governor of the Central Bank, included the Governor's testimony to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach (FINPERT) in October 2025 regarding the transfer of the Israeli bond prospectus to …

390. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has issued a directive to the Central Bank and its reappointed governor that its policies and pronouncements are aligned with the State’s stated recognition of genocide and its subsequent obligations under the Genocide Convention. [22164/26]

391. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he took into account the Governor of the Central Bank's oral testimony (June 2025) to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach (FINPERT) where he claimed that the Genocide Convention applied to "the State" but not to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI…

392. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the development of a campus (details supplied), which is partly funded by the Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22248/26]

393. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 5 March 2026, the number of inspections carried out; the number of passengers screened; the number of seizures made; the number of scans conducted at Rosslare Europort and other ports since the introduction of the new regulations on duty free enforcements;; and if he will make a state…

394. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of tobacco products tax collected in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22256/26]

395. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address discrimination against childless couples in relation to inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22270/26]

396. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the inclusion of the special needs assistant profession in the flat rate expense tax credit as administered by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22385/26]

217. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of residential properties in Galway City and County which have been purchased while being subject to the 10% and 15% stamp duty rates for multiple purchases of ten or more housing units for each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21120/26]

218. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the implementation of recent or upcoming changes to the Union Customs Code in Ireland, including any planned change to online systems and portals for importers and exporters and the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS). [21064/26]

219. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the way in which recent or upcoming changes to the Union Customs Code will impact both online retail platforms and Irish consumers in terms of both purchases from outside Ireland and outside the EU.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21065/26]

220. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the cost of further increasing the R&D tax credit rate from 35% to 40%. [21066/26]

221. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if proposals to expand the qualifying costs under R&D tax credit could be extended to include investment in digital technologies, including AI, which support business model innovation. [21067/26]

222. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of doubling the current capital allowance on plant and machinery to 25% over four years. [21068/26]

223. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of pubs licensed in Ireland in each of the past ten years; and to provide the annual data broken down by county and turnover band, in tabular form. [21070/26]

224. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of X-ray scanners used to detect illicit trade and smuggling at ports; the number of times they were deployed and used at individual named ports in the State in each year from 2020 to the end of February 2026; if it is planned to increase the number of X-ray scanners in use at ports and airports (details supplied); and …

225. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of sniffer dog teams being used to detect illicit trade and smuggling at ports; the number of times they were deployed at each individual port in the State from 2020 to date in 2026. (details supplied); if it is planned to increase the number of sniffer dogs in use in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

226. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount that was collected in the NORA levy, excise duty, carbon tax and VAT on fuel, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the forecasts for same in 2026 when Budget 2026 was introduced; the forecasts now in light of recent changes in energy prices, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21076/26…