Parliamentary questions

440. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 19 February 2026, to clarify if a payment break is registered as a missed payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19455/26]

441. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or any body under its aegis made a disclosure under Revenue's recent disclosure opportunity to regularise misclassification of self-employment; if so, to provide details of the numbers of workers affected and the amount paid to Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19496/26]

442. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if all NAMA files will be sent to the National Archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/26]

443. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views that the continued application and scheduled increases of the carbon tax on petrol and diesel, at a time when motorists are already facing significant increases in fuel prices due to global instability, is placing an unfair and disproportionate burden on working people, families and rural communities who rely on their ca…

444. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the Central Bank of Ireland regarding the use by regulated financial service providers of facial image capture, facial recognition, or other facial biometric processing technologies for customer onboarding, authentication, fraud prevention, or identity verification purposes; and if he will make a…

445. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland has issued, or is preparing to issue, supervisory guidance for regulated financial service providers regarding the use of facial biometric processing technologies, including requirements relating to lawful processing bases, consumer transparency, data minimisation, storage limitation, security s…

446. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether regulated financial service providers operating in the State are required, as a matter of supervisory expectation or consumer protection regulation, to provide customers with a reasonable non-biometric alternative where facial image capture or facial biometric verification is used for onboarding, authentication, fraud prev…

447. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland maintains information on the number of regulated financial service providers using facial image capture or facial biometric processing technologies for identity verification, customer onboarding, authentication, or fraud prevention; if so, the number of such firms and the gener…

448. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has considered whether the Consumer Protection Code or other financial regulatory frameworks should be updated to provide explicit standards governing the use of facial image capture and facial biometric technologies by regulated financial service providers, including standards concerning transparency to cus…

449. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland holds data on operational incidents, data protection incidents, or consumer complaints reported by regulated financial service providers relating to the use of facial image capture or facial biometric processing technologies since 1 January 2023; if so, the number of such incid…

450. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the motor insurance transparency code is voluntary, despite this not being mentioned in the Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2025–2029; when the decision was made for the code to be voluntary; the rationale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19632/26]

451. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing excise to the same level on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil to the same level as the reduced rate in 2024, from 1 April 2026, on a first and full year basis; cost of reducing excise to the same level on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil to the same level as the reduced rate in 2023 from 1 of Apr…

452. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to specify the interest rate on the €200,000,000 million loan from the EIB to the SBCI; to provide an exhaustive list of all of the lending partners of the SBCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19634/26]

453. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 4 of March 2026, the interest rate and/or annual return on investment for each commitment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19635/26]

454. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 4 of March 2026, if each investment allows for forward purchase, or the purchase of new or second hand residential property, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19636/26]

455. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the number of detections of domestic vehicles containing agricultural green diesel in each of the years from 2020 to date in 2026; the number of enforcements taken; the number of fines issued and totality of same; and the number of maximum fines issued over that time period. [19672/26]

456. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering delaying the scheduled increase in carbon tax in light of the recent unprecedented increases in oil, diesel and gas prices linked to tensions and conflict in the Middle East; whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the potential impact of further carbon tax increases on households and busine…

457. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the annual number of beneficiaries of the TaxSaver scheme and the associated Exchequer cost for each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the reasons for the decline in participation over that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19933/26]

458. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the annual number of TaxSaver scheme beneficiaries, by county, for each of the years 2019 to 2025; the analysis undertaken by his Department on regional disparities in uptake of the scheme, in tabular form. [19934/26]

459. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly whereby self employed workers are excluded from availing of tax free commuter supports under TaxSaver, despite representing a significant segment of the workforce. [19935/26]

460. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding a pension tax relief matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/26]

461. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps his Department is taking to tackle the financial burden facing households and homeowners seeking home insurance. [20015/26]

462. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is aware of any reports which suggest that home insurance companies may be overpricing the future cost of a re-build so as to increase the cost of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20016/26]

463. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has any plans to introduce regulations around home insurance to ensure that in the event of a home being destroyed the whole amount for which the home is ensured will be paid out, even if it is below the market value or the full cost of rebuilding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20017/26]

464. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any review ongoing of the pension tax relief earnings cap of €115,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20095/26]