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Emer Currie Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
399. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any assessment of introducing a VAT credit model for specific sectors to allow for a capped reduction in VAT payable as a business support or measure to prevent market failure. [15129/26]
Emer Currie Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
400. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to list all current taxes that a refundable business tax credit may be offset against in the case where a business elects to treat the credit as an overpayment. [15130/26]
Emer Currie Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
401. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if refundable business tax credits are available to sole traders. [15131/26]
John Lahart Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
402. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the Exchequer cost of increasing capital acquisitions tax threshold B to €300,000, on both a first-year and full-year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15178/26]
John Lahart Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
403. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the Exchequer cost of increasing capital acquisitions tax threshold C to €200,000, on both a first-year and full-year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15179/26]
John Lahart Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
404. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the feasibility of introducing a lifetime inheritance threshold, index-linked and applying across all gifts and inheritances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15180/26]
John Lahart Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
405. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken any modelling on the distributional or intergenerational impacts of changes to capital acquisitions tax thresholds, particularly in the context of intergenerational fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15181/26]
John Connolly Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
406. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for treating carer’s allowance as taxable income and if he will consider reviewing the taxation status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15647/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Finance
407. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of persons awarded a primary medical certificate on appeal rather than at the initial application stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15700/26]
James Geoghegan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
257. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline each section of enacted legislation, where the responsibility lies in the Minister to commence that section, that has not been commenced; if he will outline each section of enacted legislation which provides for the making of regulations by the Minister that have not been made by the Minister; if he will outline all sections of…
Cian O'Callaghan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
258. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, FSPO, can accept a case regarding a mortgage if only a holder of a joint account or policy signs the complaint form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13626/26]
John Lahart Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
259. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will consider increasing the DIRT exemption thresholds and raising the income limits for liability, including the current €36,000 threshold for a married couple or civil partners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13705/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
260. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an individual’s credit rating will be affected if they request a payment break on a car loan from a financial institution due to illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13712/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
261. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of multi-property owners that own more than 100 residential properties and 1,000 residential properties, excluding local authorities and approved housing bodies; how this has changed over the past ten years, using the information provided through local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13837/26]
Michael Cahill Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
262. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being taken to address inheritance tax discrimination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13843/26]
Michael Cahill Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
263. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to reduce taxation on rental income as such a measure will encourage members of the public to invest in or construct rental properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13844/26]
Carol Nolan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
264. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total revenue raised from the eight-year deemed disposal rule on investment funds and ETFs in each of the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive; the estimated number of individual investors affected in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13911/26]
Carol Nolan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
265. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has carried out any analysis of the extent to which the deemed disposal rule is distorting investment decisions away from funds and toward residential property; and if he will outline the findings of any such analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13912/26]
Carol Nolan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
266. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the eight-year deemed disposal rule is contributing to increased demand in the housing market and thereby exacerbating the housing crisis; and if he will consider its abolition in the interests of encouraging diversified long-term saving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13913/26]
Carol Nolan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
267. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to address a concern that Ireland’s taxation of unrealised gains in investment funds is placing Ireland at a competitive disadvantage in attracting and retaining domestic savers and investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13914/26]
Emer Currie Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
268. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if an initiative is feasible in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13944/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
269. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing USC on the first €45,000 in income in 2026. [13949/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
270. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider addressing the deemed disposal issue relating to exchange-traded funds in budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13958/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
271. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing the USC on the first €40,000 in income in 2026 on a first and full-year basis. [13965/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing a €100 increase in the employee tax credit in 2026 on a first and full-year basis. [13966/26]