212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to detail the modelling undertaken by his Department on the expected reduction in average pump prices resulting from the proposed excise duty cut, including the assumed pass-through rate to consumers. [23349/26]
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213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the alternative policy options considered by his Department to reduce fuel costs for households and businesses, including reductions in VAT on fuel, targeted rebates, or broader excise adjustments, and the estimated cost of each option. [23350/26]
214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for limiting the proposed excise reduction to a temporary and defined period, and whether longer-duration or scalable measures were considered in light of ongoing volatility in global oil markets. [23351/26]
215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of any distributional analysis carried out by his Department on the impact of fuel price increases and proposed mitigation measures on different income groups, including middle-income working households not eligible for social welfare supports. [23352/26]
216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Government’s current budget surplus influenced the scale and duration of the proposed fuel price interventions, and if so, how this assessment was balanced against current cost-of-living pressures. [23353/26]
217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the engagement undertaken at EU level regarding coordinated responses to energy price shocks, including any discussions on excise flexibility, VAT measures, or joint purchasing mechanisms. [23354/26]
218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the range of oil price and supply shock scenarios currently being modelled by his Department. [23355/26]
219. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the number of instances, identify of and cost of same, of the use of private investigation companies or persons by the State Claims Agency from 2021 to-date in 2026. [23398/26]
220. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount that was collected on each element of fuel taxes in Ireland for each of the past five years. [23409/26]
221. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount that was collected on each element of inheritance tax in Ireland for each of the past five years. [23410/26]
222. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the name of the insurers that have now signed up to the voluntary Motor Insurance Transparency Code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23411/26]
223. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider reducing inheritance tax and ultimately phasing it out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23473/26]
224. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to urgently reform the inheritance tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23477/26]
225. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to support an organisation (details supplied) calling for the immediate introduction of a lifetime tax-free threshold for all citizens in relation to inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/26]
35. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has considered any technological solutions to identify vehicles on the roads with illegal licence plates with a view of improving enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22759/26]
36. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the support levels for help-to-buy will be revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23052/26]
37. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme will be expanded to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23054/26]
38. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22618/26]
39. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 18 March 2026, if a modular home can be defined as a ‘qualifying residence’ for the purpose of the help to buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22619/26]
40. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on Ireland's transposition of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Management Direction; and if, as part of, or on foot of, the transposition, there will be updates to Ireland's regulatory framework to better facilitate the establishment of regulated retail Irish domiciled funds that can invest in Irish infrastructure and green energ…
41. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 18 March 2026, to outline the projected additional corporation taxes that will be taken in as a direct result of the global minimum effective tax rate (ETR) of 15 percent in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22737/26]
42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total payment from the Central Bank to the Irish Banking sector in the form of interest payments on reserves for each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22738/26]
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 18 March 2026, the reason commercial consideration would `be given in relation to an interest rate between the EIB the publicly owned bank of the SBCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22739/26]
44. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of the 18 of March 2026, if he can clarify whether specifically the Motor Insurance Transparency Code will be legally binding on insurance companies and intermediaries and subject to the Administrative Sanctions Procedure (ASP) of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22740/26]
45. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there are any plans in place to end property tax for people in receipt of a pension. [22783/26]