Parliamentary questions

759. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of investors (details supplied) whose cases remain unresolved; the reason such cases remain outstanding; the number involved in litigation; the steps being taken to bring all cases to a conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56620/26]

760. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to detail the oversight exercised in relation to an issue (details supplied) while it remained a significant shareholder and since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56621/26]

761. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or the Central Bank has undertaken any assessment comparing a review programme (detail supplied) with other Irish banking redress schemes; the conclusions of such an assessment; to provide a copy of any review undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56622/26]

762. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the home carer tax credit to single carers in paid employment and the increase to the credit to €2,250; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56702/26]

763. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the dependent relative tax credit to €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56703/26]

764. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the actions his Department has taken in replacing the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme with a new one, as recommended by the Transport Working Group under the National Disability Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56705/26]

765. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm that a ‘Fresh Start’ principle that allows previously divorced, separated, or insolvent individuals to be treated as first-time buyers will be considered as a provision for the help-to-buy scheme, similar to other housing supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56713/26]

766. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the income tax exemption threshold under the microgeneration support scheme from €400 to €600 per annum for households selling excess electricity back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56728/26]

767. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the standard rate income tax band in Budget 2027 to ensure that middle-income workers are not brought into the higher rate of income tax solely as a result of wage inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56729/26]

768. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the additional tax reliefs or incentives for working families under consideration as part of Budget 2027, including changes to existing tax credits, childcare-related tax measures or other family-focused reliefs designed to reduce the cost-of-living for middle-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [567…

769. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider extending, expanding or introducing mortgage interest relief, renter tax relief or other housing-related tax measures in Budget 2027 to assist middle-income households facing high housing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56731/26]

770. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax measures being considered for inclusion in Budget 2027 to support middle-income families, including changes to income tax bands, tax credits, childcare supports and housing-related tax reliefs; the principles that will guide the Government's decisions in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56732/2…

771. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of publicly owned buildings that were vacant on the latest date available, broken down by purpose and/or last previous use; the length of time each property has been vacant; the reason for vacancy in each case; the amount spent to maintain the property since it was first left vacant in each of the years 2020 to date, in tab…

772. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to address the cost of living crisis by introducing cost of living measures as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56910/26]

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…

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 t…

775. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to increase investment into County Kerry for independent film and TV by introducing a permanent 8% Section 481 regional uplift for productions filming outside the Dublin metropolitan area including Ashford (DMAA) (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57048/26]

776. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on plans to amend the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015 and other legislation to facilitate the adoption of tokenisation in Ireland’s fund industry. [57114/26]

777. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update and timeline for publication of the planned Roadmap on Taxation of Retail Investment. [57115/26]

778. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if products subject to investment by the providers of new personal investment accounts using moneys invested through the new accounts will be subject to deemed disposal taxation. [57116/26]

779. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason Ireland has introduced a dividend participation exemption but not a similar substantial shareholding exemption; if an assessment has been carried out on the risks of Ireland losing out on investment to other jurisdictions who have introduced both exemptions; if he will amend section 626B of the Irish Taxes Consolidatio…

780. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the merits on financially incentivising the use of HVO fuel instead of diesel to support achieving our climate emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57133/26]

781. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on creating a regulation that would require parity between the price of HVO fuel and diesel fuel diesel to support achieving our climate emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57134/26]

782. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to estimate the annual cost of raising the personal exemption on capital gains tax from the existing €1,270 per annum to €2,500 per annum. [57155/26]

783. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the correspondence his Department has issued and-or received from a company (details supplied) regarding the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026 and the impact that its enactment would have on the Irish economy; the date this correspondence was issued or received, i…