Parliamentary questions

200. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the plans in place to activate the estimated €170 billion in Irish deposit accounts, to advance the objectives of the Savings and Investments Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9535/26]

201. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the establishment of the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund; the intentions of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9952/26]

202. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the Ireland for Finance strategy; when the next version of the strategy will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9547/26]

203. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the new strategy for the credit union sector; if it will support a centralised treasury function for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9728/26]

204. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the removal of the deemed disposal rule for certain classes of investments will be considered for Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9553/26]

205. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will increase the house price ceiling to qualify for the help-to-buy-scheme. [10093/26]

206. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has approved, or intends to approve, in principle, any policy direction arising from the Revenue Commissioners' consultation on the modernisation of withholding taxes, including professional services withholding tax and relevant contracts tax, that would involve increased reporting frequency or real-time or near-real-time in…

207. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the further measures being considered by his Department to combat the illicit tobacco trade, considering the year-on-year decrease in the volume and value of illicit tobacco products seized in 2025, as per the Revenue Commissioners headline results for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10060/26]

208. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for the current geographic scope of the Living City Initiative and other tax reliefs relating to the refurbishment and conversion of above the shop and derelict residential units; whether his Department has examined the potential extension of such reliefs beyond their existing designated areas in order to support …

209. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of tax relief similar to that on dialysis machines, for oxygen machines for the treatment of lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9543/26]

210. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount by which he proposes to raise the price of petrol, diesel and home heating oil through increases to the carbon tax, in each year until 2030. [10074/26]

211. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make the carer's allowance and carer's benefit tax exempt and non-means-tested, the same as other social welfare supports including disability allowance, jobseeker's allowance, domiciliary care allowance and child benefit, in recognition of carers saving the State over €20 billion each year through their unpaid care; a…

212. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the group B and group C thresholds under capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10068/26]

213. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount raised through the carbon tax in the years 2019 to 2024; and the amount projected to be raised in the years 2025 to 2030, by year. [10073/26]

214. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to review DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9955/26]

215. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a State-led insurance scheme to assist householders who cannot avail of home insurance due to prior flooding events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10085/26]

216. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of credit unions who have invested in the Credit Union Approved Housing Body fund since its inception; the amounts invested; the total number of housing units delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9532/26]

217. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make the rent tax credit available to HAP tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9558/26]

218. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of rent tax credits claimed in Galway during the past year for which full year data is available; the number of the credits that were claimed in relation to student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/26]

219. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason taxpayers in the South are not able to claim tax relief for their child's student accommodation costs incurred at universities in the North; if consideration will be given to including student accommodation costs in the North in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9940/26]

220. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the Living City Initiative expansion for Dundalk and Drogheda will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9739/26]

221. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total 2025 tax receipts in income tax, VAT and corporation tax; the way in which these compare to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9957/26]

222. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to launch a transparency code as included in the Action Plan on Insurance Reform as the first priority action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9551/26]

223. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Government and the Central Bank are acting in accordance with the recommendations set out in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Services Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach’s Report on the Israeli Bond Programme; and if he will make a statement …

224. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on his preparations for Ireland’s EU Presidency; the way in which he plans to oversee budgetary discussions on the next Multiannual Financial Framework post-2027 in a manner that will safeguard Ireland’s fiscal interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9727/26]