664. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units aged 65 years and over who availed of the income tax age exemption provided for under section 188 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; the number who availed of associated marginal relief, in each year from 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60524/26]
Parliamentary questions
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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,342 | 145 | 27,197 |
| Education | 13,896 | 145 | 13,751 |
| Transport | 11,008 | 139 | 10,869 |
| Justice | 9,783 | 135 | 9,648 |
| Housing | 9,020 | 160 | 8,860 |
| Children | 8,676 | 129 | 8,547 |
| Finance | 5,833 | 153 | 5,680 |
| Social | 5,830 | 135 | 5,695 |
| Agriculture | 4,888 | 136 | 4,752 |
| Enterprise | 3,878 | 139 | 3,739 |
| Foreign | 3,856 | 190 | 3,666 |
| Climate | 3,825 | 114 | 3,711 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,685 | 167 | 3,518 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,394 | 127 | 3,267 |
| Taoiseach | 2,628 | 1,479 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,516 | 179 | 2,337 |
| Culture | 2,376 | 147 | 2,229 |
| Rural | 2,331 | 140 | 2,191 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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665. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first year and full year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the income tax age exemption limits from €18,000 to €20,000 for a single person and from €36,000 to €40,000 for a married couple or civil partners jointly assessed; the estimated cost of increases at €500 intervals between the current and those levels, in tabular form; and i…
666. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the income level at which a single person in receipt of PAYE income, and a married couple or civil partners jointly assessed both in receipt of PAYE income, first became liable to income tax in each year from 2010 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60531/26]
667. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the income tax age exemption limits in advance of Budget 2027 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60534/26]
668. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 740 of 28 July 2026, the costs of berthing, maintaining and crewing the vessel MV Matthew, broken down by calendar year for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; if he will provide those costs updated to the actual date of the vessel’s disposal on 18 July 2026, given that the figures supplied ran only to t…
669. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.741 of 28 July 2026, the date on which the nominal consideration of one US dollar for the vessel MV Matthew was agreed; the date on which his Department was informed of that consideration; the reason that figure was not disclosed to Dáil Éireann when the disposal of the vessel was addressed in the House; and if he…
670. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 744 of 28 July 2026, the identity of the international shipping company that acquired the vessel MV Matthew and the jurisdiction in which that company is registered; whether the disposal terms required scrappage or permitted the vessel to return to commercial service; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 28 July 2026, whether a competitive tender or open sales process was conducted in respect of the disposal of the vessel MV Matthew; the number of expressions of interest and formal bids received; the criteria applied in selecting the purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60576/26]
672. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 742 of 28 July 2026, the date on which the vessel MV Matthew was cleared for disposal by court order; the estimated cost to the State arising from the period between that clearance and the removal of the vessel from the Port of Cork on 18 July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60580/26]
673. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 28 July 2026, whether any application has been made, or is intended to be made, to recover the costs incurred by the State in maintaining the vessel MV Matthew from any person convicted in connection with the seizure of controlled drugs from that vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6058…
674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 28 July 2026, whether the Revenue Commissioners intend to establish a protocol, framework or standing procedure governing the custody, maintenance and disposal of large commercial vessels seized in the course of criminal investigations, arising from the experience of the MV Matthew; and if he will make a s…
675. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure, that was required to be communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on or before the deadline of 17 July 2026, (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matt…
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]
681. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he intends to strengthen commission disclosure, conflict of interest rules or suitability requirements in cases where regulated intermediaries recommend unregulated investment products to pension investors; if he has assessed whether current disclosure obligations are sufficient to protect consumers; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
682. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the current regulatory framework adequately protects pension investors where regulated financial advisers recommend unregulated, illiquid or high risk investment products; if he will consider restricting or prohibiting such recommendations within pension structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60791/26…
683. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the need for a more accessible compensation or redress mechanism for consumers who suffer losses after receiving unsuitable regulated financial advice that results in investment in unregulated pension products; if he has engaged with the Central Bank on potential reforms in this area; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
684. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for a detailed response to issues raised in relation to the new savings and investments scheme in budget 2027 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60814/26]
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]
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]
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]
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]