Financial Services

267. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated number of active motor finance hire purchase agreements (including personal contract purchase agreements) in operation in the market today; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66907/25]

284. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of court cases involving home mortgages held by loan servicing companies who were conducting themselves as both servicers and beneficial owners. [66137/25]

286. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of homes estimated to have their mortgages transferred to a loan servicing company, each year for the past ten years. [66143/25]

255. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he will bring forward a medium term fiscal plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60196/25]

256. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the plans he has to address concerns raised by a sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64726/25]

116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 4 November 2025, the time period in which the circa 135,000 customers were potentially provided motor finance by car dealers using discretionary commission arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64034/25]

117. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 4 November 2025, to provide the names of the eight firms engaged in providing discretionary commission arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64035/25]

343. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance if there are plans to change the criteria in relation to deposit requirements for house purchases in order to recognise rent payments, over many years in some cases, as proof of ability to make mortgage repayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62771/25]

354. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the mortgage finance options open to a specific community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63115/25]

437. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55526 of 14 October 2025, if he can provide electronic access to the reports listed in his response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57713/25]

288. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of consumer complaints previously submitted to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman which at the end of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 were in the formal investigation process but awaiting a preliminary or legally binding decision by the ombudsman, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…

330. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Finance if she is aware that the appeals process for the primary medical certificate under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme is taking up to 18-months to complete; the details of the current average waiting time for appeals; the number of appeals presently awaiting hearing and determination; the reasons for the…

331. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Finance if a brand-new modular home qualifies for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54850/25]

332. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties made available to the housing market through the 'over the shop' premises relief in each of the years and in each county, since the beginning of the relief, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55172/25]

333. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance the number of housing units that have been realised from July 2022 to date from projects that received taxation relief under the Living City Initiative in the cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny and Waterford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55524/25]

334. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance to detail any evaluation reports on the Living City Initiative or any review of the Living City Initiative undertaken by his Department or by any of the local authorities administering the Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55526/25]

335. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted an assessment of the fiscal and distributional impact of introducing an exemption from capital acquisitions tax for transfers including inheritance of principal private residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54604/25]

336. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the inheritance tax code as it relates to unmarried partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54664/25]

337. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Finance to provide details on the increase in tax revenue generated from landlords over the past three years, considering the significant rise in home rental costs during the same period; specifically, to clarify whether the growth in rental income has led to a proportionate increase in income tax from rental profits; and to outline any measures being…

215. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance if the office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman will accelerate the award of proceedings for older people towards the end of their life who must wait a long time for the award of money from successful adjudication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49867/25]

466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance the Government’s overall policy in relation to the protection of households and businesses from aggressive debt collection practices by financial institutions such as a firm (details supplied); and the steps being taken across Government to ensure that debt recovery is conducted in a fair, proportionate and transparent manner consistent with t…

569. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if he has met or plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied) before the budget regarding their pre-budget submission. [46685/25]

586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if a firm (details supplied) is in full compliance with Central Bank regulations governing debt collection; and the steps being taken by the Central Bank to ensure that financial institutions do not engage in practices that may constitute harassment of debtors. [46993/25]

644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the State closed the Benefacts database in 2021; the evaluation that was undertaken prior to its closure; and his plans to replace it with a new independent oversight body. [46640/25]

719. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps being taken to stimulate investor confidence especially in high-growth sectors in Cork and the Munster region with Q2 venture capital investment plunging 80% to €116.5million [46822/25]