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Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Finance
387. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help to buy clawback cases raised in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the total amount sought; the total amount recovered; the number of those cases in which the claimant had ceased to be resident in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73828/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Finance
388. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the most recent evaluation carried out by or for the Department on the effect of the help to buy scheme on the price of new homes; the date of that evaluation; whether it has been published; whether any evaluation was carried out before the decision to increase the maximum relief to €35,000 in budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Finance
389. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, in preparing the budget 2027 increase in the maximum help to buy relief, from €30,000 to €35,000, any consideration was given to a minimum period of tax residence in the State, or a requirement to hold citizenship or long-term residence, as a condition of eligibility; whether this was examined in any tax strategy group paper or other departm…
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Finance
390. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners or the Department hold, or have at any time compiled, data on the nationality, citizenship or immigration permission of help to buy claimants; if not, whether any data matching with the Department of Social Protection or the immigration service delivery function of the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migratio…
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Finance
391. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help to buy claims approved in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, and the total value of those claims, broken down by the number of years in the four-year period preceding the year of application in which the claimant, or each claimant, in the case of joint claims, had paid income tax in the State, that is one, two, thr…
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Finance
406. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Department has assessed the share of new build homes purchased in each of the years 2023 to 2025 by first-time buyers who had been resident in the State for fewer than five years; whether any such analysis has informed the Department's position on the extension and increase of the help to buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the…
Ken O'Flynn Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Finance
101. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any portion of household savings channelled through the Savings and Investments Union or a domestic savings and investment account is intended to fund defence or security expenditure at national or EU level; the safeguards in place for risk averse savers, including pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69873/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Finance
146. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of complaints received by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman relating to residential mortgages held by non-bank loan owners or serviced by credit servicing firms, in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those returned or not accepted on procedural grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
David Cullinane Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
174. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims received, resolved and outstanding under schemes managed by the State Claims Agency in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by claim category and scheme; the number and value of settlements, awards and other compensation payments made in each year; the associated expenditure on legal costs, expert and professio…
Martin Kenny Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
182. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the number of hectares of agricultural land that is leased long term for the purpose of rental income tax relief on agricultural land for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [67131/26]
Martin Kenny Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
183. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the amount of tax relief given to individuals for rental income for agricultural land for the each of years 2020 to 2025. [67130/26]
Ged Nash Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
185. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively for companies claiming an amount equal to 25% of qualifying expenditure attributable to a company for R&D activity as provided for in 766X and 766D TCD 1997; the number of annual instalments to date in each year; the number of companies that have claimed this; and to pro…
Ged Nash Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
186. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of statistics for the R&D tax credit for 2023 and 2024 respectively as per the May 2025 Revenue report (details supplied) showing where companies elected to claim the credit in the manner that preceded measures introduced in Finance Act 2022; and the cost of the accelerated payments in respect of an accounting period commencin…
Ged Nash Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
187. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount raised by the residential zoned land tax in 2025 and to date in 2026; to provide a breakdown of yield by local authority, in tabular form; and to confirm if the revenue raised is returned to the respective local authority. [67142/26]
Ged Nash Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
188. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount that was raised by the vacant homes tax in 2025 and to date in 2026; to provide a breakdown of the yield by local authority, in tabular form; and to confirm if the revenue raised is returned to the respective local authority. [67141/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
685. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount lent and the share of lending, by value from the HBFI that went to projects over €20 million and €50 million, respectively, of completed projects. [61009/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
686. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the breakdown of development sizes, by <50, 50 -110, and >100 units of completed projects, in tabular form. [61013/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
687. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average price of three-bed houses constructed and sold that were supported by HBFI since the body began lending and by, each individual year, in tabular form. [61018/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
688. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the breakdown of end purchaser of housing units supported by HBFI lending that has been completed, in tabular form. [61022/26]
Joe Cooney Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
743. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the €10,000 Benefit-in-Kind Open Market Value relief for company vehicles beyond 2026, rather than allowing it to reduce to €5,000 in 2027 as currently scheduled; the number of PAYE taxpayers estimated to be affected by this reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61697/26]
Sean Fleming Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
756. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims and the cost to the Exchequer, by county for the most recent year for which figures are available in respect of a tax expenditure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61857/26]
Sean Fleming Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
757. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims and the cost to the exchequer on a county-by-county basis for the most recent year for which figures are available in respect of a tax expenditure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61856/26]
Sean Fleming Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
758. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims and the cost to the exchequer on a county-by-county basis for the most recent year for which figures are available in respect of a tax expenditure (details supplied); and he will make a statement on the matter. [61855/26]
Sean Fleming Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
759. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims and the cost to the exchequer on a county-by-county basis for the most recent year for which figures are available in respect of a tax expenditure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61854/26]
Sean Fleming Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
760. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims and the cost to the exchequer on a county-by-county basis for the most recent year for which figures are available in respect of a tax expenditure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61853/26]