440. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in relation to the upcoming VAT reduction for services including hair dressing, whether his Department has conducted any analysis of the feasibility and cost of applying the reduction to associated services such as those provided by beauty salons, nail technicians and skin clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30853/26]
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441. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the solution he plans for the potential VAT liability that exists with drivers (details supplied); and if he will ensure that a fair and reasonable repayment schedule is created to ensure that drivers can still afford to work and that the supply of taxi drivers does not fall off a cliff. [30870/26]
442. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) will receive their tax refund in respect of medical expenses they have incurred; the amount due in respect of the most recent application by them; the amount due in respect of the previous application pre-2020; the reason neither sum has been paid to the person to date; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
443. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on VAT rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30970/26]
444. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total tobacco products tax revenue collected from cigarette sales in each year from 2019 to 2025, inclusive; the total volume and retail value of the cigarette sales to generate this revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30972/26]
445. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projected yield from a windfall tax on energy profits, modelled on the same basis as the temporary solidarity contribution in 2022 and 2023, if applied to profits in 2025 and projected profits in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30974/26]
446. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projected yield from a windfall tax on energy profits for 2024, 2025 and 2026, respectively, if the corporation tax rate were increased to either 25% or 50%; the estimated yield, if a 25% levy were placed on those profits instead, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30975/26]
330. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide the full parameters and process that is necessary to achieve fuel rebates that have been recently announced. [29309/26]
331. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of tax audits that have been carried out by the State on businesses and citizens for each of the past ten years. [29351/26]
332. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline his Department's view of the Central Bank's substantially higher surplus projections; and how he can, in light of these projections, justify not reducing fuels to affordable levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29357/26]
333. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the maximum removal of excise home heating oil given the fact that home heating oil hit its highest price on record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29358/26]
334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the rationale for selling PTSB; and the safeguards that will be in place to protect jobs and the bank branch network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29359/26]
335. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending the Flat Rate Expenses (FRE) allowance to paramedics and EMT’s for uniform related tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29370/26]
336. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures that will be introduced to reduce the costs of kerosene home heating oil taking into account the additional financial pressures on households due to the increased costs of such fuel; if he will make a statement on the matter. [29377/26]
337. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue recouped annually by the Exchequer from carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit payments, including the impact of the real-time reporting and collection arrangements introduced from January 2026, and whether he has examined the estimated cost of making these payments fully tax-exempt (details supplied); and if he will make a…
338. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the sectors entitled to the new fuel rebate scheme; and the way in which will it function. [29416/26]
339. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will urgently announce a simplified version of the measures taken to address the fuel crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29428/26]
340. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount collected in VAT from online casinos for each of the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29499/26]
341. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount in VAT from all forms of gambling on which VAT is charged for each of the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29500/26]
48. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline what action will be taken if tax due is not paid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28974/26]
49. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department intends to conduct a wholesale review of the taxes and levies which are applied to motor fuels such as petrol and diesel following the recent fuel price spikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29022/26]
50. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the timeline for Ireland’s implementation of Directive (EU) 2023/2225, the revised Consumer Credit Directive (CCD II); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28790/26]
51. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether pre-hospital emergency care workers have been considered for addition to the flat rate expenses allowance regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28800/26]
52. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023 State Litigation Principles; if his Department is fully applying the State Litigation Principles in seeking to resolve any current or outstanding legal actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28…
53. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to request the Revenue Commissioners to grant paramedics, employed by the National Ambulance Service, the same level of uniform-related tax credits as other frontline healthcare professionals such as nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28880/26]