Parliamentary questions

219. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of supervisory inspections, enforcement actions, or remedial directions relating to failures in anti-money laundering or know your customer compliance were issued by the Central Bank of Ireland in each of the past five years; and whether any related to failures to identify ultimate beneficial owners. [7151/26]

220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the reputational or regulatory risk to the State arising from any practices that could be perceived internationally as weakening anti-money laundering or know your customer controls; and whether any such concerns have been raised by EU or international bodies. [7152/26]

221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has been made aware, through engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland, of any pattern of confidential High Court settlements entered into by an organisation (details supplied) relating to mortgage or consumer banking disputes following the conclusion of the tracker mortgage examination; and whether such s…

222. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the policies or guidance in place to ensure that where a regulated financial institution settles multiple similar legal claims on a confidential basis, the Central Bank assesses whether those settlements constitute evidence of ongoing consumer detriment requiring market-wide redress; and whether he will provide details of any such…

223. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank has an obligation, under the consumer protection framework arising from the tracker mortgage examination, to apply the "stop the harm" principle where evidence emerges of repeated settlements affecting a defined customer cohort; and whether he is satisfied that this principle is being applied consistently …

224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is concerned that permitting individual confidential settlements by regulated banks, without requiring equivalent redress for all similarly affected customers, risks creating unequal access to justice within the banking system; and whether he will review the adequacy of the Central Bank's powers and practices to ensure …

225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of complaints received by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive; the number and percentage of those complaints which were rejected or deemed inadmissible prior to a full investigation in each year; the principal statutory grounds relied upon for such rejections;…

226. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has conducted, commissioned, or reviewed any analysis of the decision-making thresholds, screening criteria, or admissibility standards applied by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman when determining whether a complaint proceeds to full investigation; if not, whether he intends to initiate such a r…

227. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the governance and oversight mechanisms currently in place to ensure that the complaint rejection rates of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman remain consistent with the statutory objective of providing accessible, independent, and effective redress for consumers; whether his Department monitors uphold and rejection rate…

228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify in relation to table 5 (details supplied) how the use of deferred tax assets are treated in the statistics; if the approximately €0.5 billion deferred tax assets used by the banks is contained within the €1.2 billion or had the bank not used DTAs the figure would be higher; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

229. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 331 and 332 of 22 January 2026, the number of people claiming non-dom status that are both resident in Ireland and Irish nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7255/26]

230. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated share of the €1.24 trillion in assets now held in Irish special purpose entities/section 110 companies; the breakdown, by value and number of special purpose entities/section 110 companies, by economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7256/26]

231. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update in relation to the Central Banks engagement with other national competent authorities in Europe to monitor whether exposure to Irish property assets has increased in these jurisdictions making particular reference to the outcome of engagement with the national competent authority in Luxembourg; and if he wi…

232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 316 of 22 January 2026, the percentage of funds that are still above the 60% leverage threshold; the share with other 70%, 80%, 90% and 100% leverage respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7258/26]

233. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tonnage and value of gold held by the Central Bank of Ireland; to provide a schedule of disposal and acquisition of gold over the past 20 years to date in 2026. [7322/26]

234. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a complete schedule of the investment asset holdings and value held by the Central Bank of Ireland as of 26 January 2026. [7323/26]

25. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current regulations governing the issuing of vehicle registration plates by motor factors and other suppliers; if controls exist requiring proof of ownership prior to the production of number plates; if his Department is aware of concerns regarding the use of false or fraudulently obtained plates in criminal activity; and if co…

26. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure that none of the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities will be invested in military or defence focused EFT’s in order to comply with Ireland's neutrality stance. [6661/26]

27. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if permission will be given to organisations (details supplied) and other funded bodies by the Revenue Commissioners for a stay on the disclosures required by 30 January 2026 to 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6672/26]

28. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department will consider increasing the price threshold for the help to buy scheme to match the price ceiling applied to the first home scheme in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6710/26]

29. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he can examine a taxation matter raised in correspondence (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6884/26]

30. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if will consider a grace period, payment plans, or a disregard for the newly discovered liability of income tax accrued by those in receipt of carer's payment as a result of the new sharing of data on payments from the Department of Social Protection to the Revenue Commissioners from 2026 onwards; and if he will make a statement on …

31. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the additional fiscal supports, the Government is considering addressing concerns expressed by private landlords in advance of forthcoming rental reforms to prevent further landlord exits from the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6913/26]

32. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in light of forthcoming rental regulations, whether consideration has been given to increasing the value of the residential premises rental income relief; whether any additional tax measures or reliefs are under consideration to retain existing landlords and encourage continued investment in the private rental sector; and if he wil…

371. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider requests (details supplied) regarding Revenue's guidelines for determining employment status for taxation purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6392/26]