217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether reliance on third parties, including accountants, solicitors, or other professional intermediaries, to satisfy anti-money laundering and know your customer requirements is permitted under Irish law; the conditions under which such reliance is allowed; and the safeguards in place to ensure compliance with beneficial ownership requirements. [71…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsFinancial Services
157 questions from 49 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 13 October 2026.
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153 written, 4 oral
49
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 7 |
| April 2025 | 10 |
| May 2025 | 15 |
| June 2025 | 4 |
| July 2025 | 2 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 6 |
| October 2025 | 9 |
| November 2025 | 11 |
| December 2025 | 5 |
| January 2026 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 6 |
| June 2026 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 17 |
| October 2026 | 21 |
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220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the reputational or regulatory risk to the State arising from any practices that could be perceived internationally as weakening anti-money laundering or know your customer controls; and whether any such concerns have been raised by EU or international bodies. [7152/26]
403. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a State-owned facility is being permitted to ignore the National Payments Strategy (details supplied) by not accepting cash payments; the way this strategy is generally monitored by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4093/26]
406. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a loan organisation was correct in its actions in respect of a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4325/26]
408. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the regulatory, consumer protection and financial oversight safeguards currently in place for companies offering “lifetime loans” and “equity release” products to older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4379/26]
409. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of licences issued to companies offering equity release and lifetime loan products in the Irish market over the past 15 years; the total number and value of drawdowns approved during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4380/26]
314. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the mechanisms in place or that are being considered to ensure that any mortgage agreement between a customer and a financial institution cannot be sold on without all parties’ consent. [2990/26]
347. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has examined policy options used in other jurisdictions, including Canada and New Zealand, regarding restrictions or higher stamp duty on purchases of existing residential property by non resident and non EEA buyers; whether any assessment has been made of the expected impact of such measures on prices, supply and market access…
367. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of WTE vacancies, by job title currently at the Financial Services and Pension Ombudsman; the length of time each vacancy has been for; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [71276/25]
58. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department’s strategy to tackle unregulated loan-sharks and regulated high cost credit providers operating within the State. [57717/25]
63. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress of ensuring access to cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62397/25]
108. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the extent of the involvement of Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI) in the financing of the Ringfort development in Rathmolyon, County Meath; if his Department will use its oversight of the HBFI to ensure a resolution for the affected home buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68187/25]
266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 19 November 2025, how long discretionary commission arrangements were a feature of the motor hire purchase finance market prior to the practice being stopped in July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66887/25]
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. [56620/25]
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 ongoing delays; and…