Questions

51. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to spreading the monies the Exchequer has currently ringfenced from the betting tax for the greyhound and horse racing industries to other sports on which bets are placed. [5046/25]

52. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to indicate when the Government will make a decision on the investment of resources from a fund (details supplied); if he will confirm the current value of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5149/25]

161. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the amount of the €13 billion in back-taxes payable by a corporation (details supplied) the State has received to date; if there is a schedule for further incremental payments going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5235/25]

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to legislate for carbon taxes to be ring-fenced, as was committed to in the 2020 Programme for Government. [5154/25]

188. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty that was paid on alcohol in each year from 2014 to 2024; and the percentage of this excise duty as a total of the tax taken in by the State in each of those years, by excise duty per year, and as a percentage of the overall tax take, in tabular form. [3990/25]

194. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the current rate of excise duty; the amount of revenue raised, by category, in each month since January 2024 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4170/25]

56. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if the revenue accruing from the issuance of excise licenses is ring-fenced for expenditure on measures specific to the sector subject to the licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3665/25]