Questions

376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of whole-time equivalent Revenue customs officers, detector dogs and items of scanning equipment, including X-ray and backscatter units, assigned to each frontier management branch in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73680/26]

379. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the ports, airports and other points of entry covered by each of Revenue's frontier management branches, namely, FMB Dublin Port, FMB Dublin Airport, south-east FMB, south FMB and east-west FMB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73676/26]

177. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of enforcement notices issued by the Revenue Commissioners under the residential zoned land tax, by local authority area and year, in tabular form. [66401/26]

645. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the €225 fee charged in cases where Revenue enforcement proceedings are initiated through a sheriff or debt collection process; if this fee reflects the cost of issuing a demand letter alone or includes other actions; whether he is satisfied that a charge of €225 is proportionate in circumstances where taxpayers sub…

646. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of cases in which the Revenue Commissioners referred tax liabilities to the Sheriff for enforcement in each of the past five years, by taxpayer category, county and tax head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59602/26]

647. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners has procedures in place to suspend or withdraw Sheriff enforcement where a taxpayer has made a payment immediately prior to the issue or execution of a Sheriff warrant; whether associated Sheriff costs may be waived in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59604/26]

648. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioner regarding the impact of debt enforcement action on otherwise viable small and medium-sized businesses experiencing temporary cash flow difficulties, particularly in the construction sector where delayed payment is common; whether consideration will be given to greater flexibility before Sheriff enforce…

676. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount recovered by the Revenue Commissioners through shadow economy and black market compliance interventions in each year from 2021 to date in 2026; the number of cases pursued in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60691/26]

677. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will provide the yield recovered, in euro, broken down by economic sector, for shadow economy interventions in 2025 and in 2026 to date, given that published figures to date report sectoral activity by case share rather than by yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60692/26]

678. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of Revenue staff, expressed in whole-time equivalents, assigned to shadow economy and black market enforcement in each year from 2021 to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60695/26]

679. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current estimate held by the Revenue Commissioners of the tax foregone to the Exchequer through shadow economy activity; the methodology and base year underpinning that estimate; the date on which it was last updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60696/26]

680. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific additional enforcement activity planned by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the shadow economy over the coming eighteen months; whether any additional statutory powers or resources have been sought to support that activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60699/26]

677. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to examine a Revenue Commissioners case in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been threatened with legal proceedings and believes no moneys are owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55111/26]

740. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total cost incurred by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the maintenance, berthing, crewing, insurance, survey and management of the vessel MV Matthew from the date of its seizure in September 2023 to the date of its disposal in July 2026, by category of expenditure and by calendar year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56423…

741. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration received by the State for the vessel MV Matthew; the date on which that consideration was agreed; the date on which the Department was informed of it; the reason that figure was withheld from Dáil Éireann when the disposal was addressed in the House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56424/26]

742. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which the vessel MV Matthew was cleared for disposal by court order; the reason a period of approximately nineteen months elapsed between that clearance and the removal of the vessel from Cork Harbour; the estimated cost to the State arising from that period of delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56425/26]

743. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the process by which the vessel MV Matthew was disposed of; whether a competitive tender or open sales process was conducted; the number of expressions of interest and formal bids received; the criteria applied in selecting the successful purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56426/26]

744. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the identity of the purchaser of the vessel MV Matthew and the jurisdiction in which that purchaser is registered; the destination port to which the vessel was towed; whether the disposal terms required scrappage or permitted the vessel to return to commercial service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56427/26]

745. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners holds a protocol, framework or standing procedure governing the custody, maintenance and disposal of large commercial vessels seized in the course of criminal investigations; if no such framework exists, whether his Department intends to establish one arising from the experience of the MV Matthew; and if he will make…

746. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2027, if the number of dogs in the Revenue Customs dog teams increased to 43. [56489/26]

773. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which the Revenue Commissioners were notified of, or identified, an error in returns made by a company (details supplied); the date on which the corrected returns were received; the reason for the correction; whether Revenue has examined the original customs declarations to establish how the error arose; and if he will make a statement on…

774. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the revised data for 2025 and quarter 1 2026 for goods under CN 28182000, provided by the Revenue Commissioners to the Central Statistics Office and published on 15 July 2026, has been verified by the Revenue Commissioners as accurate; the process applied by the Revenue Commissioners to verify corrected trader returns of this scale; whether a…

154. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on a request by an organisation (details supplied) to join the Revenue Customs Consultative Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53747/26]

159. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department, the Revenue Commissioners or any agency under his remit has undertaken an assessment of the scale of betting or betting-intermediary activity by persons in the State on websites or platforms that do not hold an Irish licence; the estimated value of such activity; the estimated tax foregone; and if he will make a statement on t…

173. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide data for 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026 inclusive outlining the number of cigarette and tobacco seizures carried out by the Revenue Commissioners; to provide a breakdown on the location of each seizure, by county; to provide the value of each seizure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54234/26]