Parliamentary questions

843. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75213/25]

844. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of press, media or communications staff currently employed in his Department and within each agency for which he is responsible; the cost of these staff for 2025 and the expected cost for 2026; whether there are proposals to increase the number of such staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75231/25]

845. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost to his Department and to each agency for which it is responsible arising from Ireland’s Presidency of the European Council; the line items or events for which a cost is expected to arise and the estimated cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75249/25]

846. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the priorities of his Department and each agency for which they are responsible for, in respect of Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75267/25]

847. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in relation to statements made by his predecessor (details supplied) if the former Minister for Finance met with the CEO of non-lending non-banks known as vulture funds; to outline any engagement between his Department and vulture funds since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1070/26]

848. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of renters who claimed the renters tax credit in 2025; the average value of the tax credit claimed; and the breakdown of the number of claims and average claim by local authority area, in tabular form. [1151/26]

849. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of sheriff warrants issued by the Revenue Commissioners in 2025; and the total amount of tax involved in those warrants. [1154/26]

850. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to increase income tax exemption limits for persons over 65 years of age. [1192/26]

851. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners insist on the 1% stamp duty rate on new residential properties being applied to the selling price of the new property as opposed to the selling price minus the 13.5% VAT rate (details supplied); and the procedure that is in place to ensure reimbursement of the overpayment of stamp duty. [1350/26]

852. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will address concerns and consider a proposal (details supplied), regarding State-backed saving products to preserve their real purchasing power over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1466/26]

853. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax expenditures evaluations that will take place in 2026; if they will be made publicly available; and if so, when will they be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1494/26]

854. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if State savings will introduce a new savings product that will at least match if not beat inflation as per the UK's equivalent NS&I Index-Linked Savings Certificates, noting that the return from the current Stave savings products do not match inflation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…

855. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the changes being made to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1571/26]

856. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, noting annual inflation for the 12 months to December 2025, State Savings will introduce a new savings product that will at least match, if not surpass, inflation in a similar manner to the UK's equivalent NS&I Index Linked Savings Certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1617/26]

857. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to utilise State Savings products to support housing delivery; the expected level of funding to come through the ISS for housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1631/26]

858. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which a supplementary estimate or supplementary estimates was sought in respect of his Department’s Vote for each of the past ten years, and to the date in 2026; the gross and net amount involved in each case; and the Vote subheads to which each supplementary estimate related. [1792/26]

859. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of expenditure originally allocated in the Estimates to specific programmes or staffing measures that could not be spent as planned within the year for each of the past five years; and whether such underspends were surrendered, carried forward, or reallocated to other areas within the Vote. [1815/26]

860. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total estimated corporate tax take and the percentage that will be 'saved not spent' that is, used to pay down debt or transferred to a sovereign wealth or investment future fund in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1831/26]

861. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 November 2025, if he will ensure that employment is protected and the branch network retained in the event of the sale of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1884/26]

862. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the Class A threshold in Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) to include bereaved partners in longstanding relationships, not covered by either marriage or the Civil Partnership Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1954/26]

863. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the current practice with respect to the creation of an import declaration and the payment of VAT and import duties by a courier company; if it is a legal requirement that such companies or their appointed debt collection agencies must provide documentary proof of the amounts paid when pursuing collection of such fees…

864. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1980/26]

865. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department, or any body under its aegis, has funded, or is funding, other than where legal costs were awarded against the employer by a court or tribunal, the legal costs of any current or concluded litigation taken by an employee or former employee against that Department or body, in each of the past five years; if s…

866. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department, or a body under its aegis, may fund the legal costs of an employee or former employee in litigation where that employee is in dispute with, or taking proceedings against, the same body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2038/26]

867. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the funding of employee legal costs in disputes against his Department, or a body under its aegis, is standard practice; if not, the circumstances in which such funding may be permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2056/26]