374. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if measures are introduced to assist persons due to increased energy charges; if he will ensure that such measures are inclusive and do not exclude persons in employment and often times incurring substantial expenditure attending work and who may be over the income limit for some social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
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375. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the disparity in tax relief between medical therapies and specialist dyslexia intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21793/26]
376. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21822/26]
377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the excise duty taken in by the State from alcohol in 2025; and the percentage this represents of the total tax take for 2025, in tabular form. [21891/26]
378. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of heads of government, heads of state, ministers, governors, mayors or other senior elected officials he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21901/26]
379. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of Irish diaspora groups, including but not limited to sporting and cultural organisations, as well as emigrant organisations he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21919/26]
380. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of businesses and business representative organisations he and State Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21937/26]
381. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of trade and tourism respectively, between Ireland and the states visited by him and by Ministers of State in his Department for the St Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21955/26]
382. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to reduce as a matter of priority the excise duty on fuel as a cost of living measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21981/26]
383. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to introduce as a matter of priority, a new set of cost-of-living measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21982/26]
384. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to introduce as a matter of priority, a new set of cost of living measures (details supplied)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/26]
385. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine concerns regarding the behaviour of a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22042/26]
386. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current balance of the National Reserve Fund; the planned contributions over the next three fiscal years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22043/26]
387. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total revenue raised from carbon tax in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22044/26]
388. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being considered to increase competition in the retail banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22045/26]
389. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his evaluation ahead of the reappointment of the Governor of the Central Bank, included the Governor's testimony to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach (FINPERT) in October 2025 regarding the transfer of the Israeli bond prospectus to the Luxemburg Regula…
390. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has issued a directive to the Central Bank and its reappointed governor that its policies and pronouncements are aligned with the State’s stated recognition of genocide and its subsequent obligations under the Genocide Convention. [22164/26]
391. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he took into account the Governor of the Central Bank's oral testimony (June 2025) to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach (FINPERT) where he claimed that the Genocide Convention applied to "the State" but not to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and that that Comm…
392. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the development of a campus (details supplied), which is partly funded by the Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22248/26]
393. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 5 March 2026, the number of inspections carried out; the number of passengers screened; the number of seizures made; the number of scans conducted at Rosslare Europort and other ports since the introduction of the new regulations on duty free enforcements;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
394. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of tobacco products tax collected in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22256/26]
395. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address discrimination against childless couples in relation to inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22270/26]
396. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the inclusion of the special needs assistant profession in the flat rate expense tax credit as administered by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22385/26]
217. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of residential properties in Galway City and County which have been purchased while being subject to the 10% and 15% stamp duty rates for multiple purchases of ten or more housing units for each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21120/26]
218. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the implementation of recent or upcoming changes to the Union Customs Code in Ireland, including any planned change to online systems and portals for importers and exporters and the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS). [21064/26]