698. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will give detailed consideration to a submission from a national body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55435/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
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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699. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 30 June 2026, if he will make a statement on matters raised. [55439/26]
700. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if given the evidence to support the benefits of physical activity and in particular strength training for all cohorts but particularly people over the age of 50 he will consider bringing forward a tax credit to increase the take-up of gym memberships as part of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55522/26]
701. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if …
702. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy applications, approvals and drawdowns to date in 2026, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55567/26]
703. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy applications, approvals and drawdowns per year from 2020 to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55568/26]
704. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the excise duty taken in by the State from alcohol from 2020 to 2026 per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55569/26]
705. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of pubs licensed in Ireland, broken down per year from 2023 to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55570/26]
706. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated amount raised through deemed disposal taxes in 2026 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55571/26]
707. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated amount raised through deemed disposal taxes in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55572/26]
708. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the most up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [55580/26]
709. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the length of time the annual capital gains tax personal exemption has been set at €1,270; and whether he has plans to increase it in Budget 2027. [55645/26]
710. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total gross rental income declared on form 11 income tax returns for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55731/26]
711. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total gross residential rental income declared on form 11 income tax returns for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55732/26]
712. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of taxpayer units declared rental income on form 11 income tax returns for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55733/26]
713. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units which claimed at least one allowable deduction on rental income on a form 11 each year since 2016, in tabular form. [55736/26]
714. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units which claimed at least one allowable deduction on residential rental income on a form 11 each year since 2016, in tabular form. [55737/26]
715. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who are non-resident who declared rental income on a form 11 each year since 2016, in tabular form. [55738/26]
716. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who are non-resident who declared residential rental income on a form 11 each year since 2016, in tabular form. [55739/26]
717. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units which were non-residents which claimed at least one allowable deduction on rental income on a form 11 each year since 2016, in tabular form. [55740/26]
718. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units which were non-residents which claimed at least one allowable deduction on residential rental income on a form 11 each year since 2016, in tabular form. [55741/26]
719. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total deductible expenses claimed on rental income for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55742/26]
720. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total deductible expenses claimed on residential rental income for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55743/26]
721. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units which declared rental income on a form 11 for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55744/26]
722. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units which declared residential rental income on a form 11 for each of the years from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55745/26]