267. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has conducted an impact assessment on a proposed 0% VAT rate for construction materials to lower the cost of building new homes; his views on whether such a measure would more effectively stimulate supply than the current 9% VAT rate applied only to completed apartments; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of zero-rating these materials for t…
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802 questions from 113 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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questions
785 written, 17 oral
113
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
11
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 16 |
| February 2025 | 56 |
| March 2025 | 20 |
| April 2025 | 38 |
| May 2025 | 31 |
| June 2025 | 35 |
| July 2025 | 40 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 36 |
| October 2025 | 18 |
| November 2025 | 48 |
| December 2025 | 59 |
| January 2026 | 25 |
| February 2026 | 42 |
| March 2026 | 43 |
| April 2026 | 67 |
| May 2026 | 45 |
| June 2026 | 28 |
| July 2026 | 60 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 72 |
| October 2026 | 23 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
270. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the impact that the new derelict property tax will have on housing numbers; the benefits that will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26146/26]
271. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has carried out any assessment of increasing the standard rate cut-off point for income tax to €50,000; the estimated full year cost to the Exchequer of such a change; the distributional impact across income groups; the analysis undertaken regarding the potential labour market or economic impacts of such a measure; and if he w…
272. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider amendments to the Tax Consolidation Acts to facilitate changes to the TaxSaver scheme, including an extension to other modes of sustainable travel, such as shared mobility, and to move from a 'travel pass' basis to more flexible digital models, in a bid to address the alarming fall-off in the number of commuters availing of TaxSav…
275. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost/value of tax reliefs on electric vehicles in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26558/26]
276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he accepts that the deemed disposal regime, by imposing a unique and internationally anomalous tax burden on EU-regulated Exchange Traded Fund products, does not prevent tax avoidance by retail investors but instead redirects Irish household savings away from EU-regulated diversified products and into less transparent, less regulated, or less…
277. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has further plans to review the excise rates on fuel following the recent spike in prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26555/26]
278. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the further measures he is considering to support sectors that are struggling with the current fuel crisis, in particular the agricultural sector, haulage and private bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26753/26]
280. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress made to date in implementing the taxation measures introduced in Budget 2026 to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises; the details of any further targeted supports under consideration in advance of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25714/26]
281. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline all discretionary measures his Department could take to reduce Government taxes on petrol, diesel and kerosene; and the maximum taxation reduction possible on these fuels under current legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26598/26]
286. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he plans to roll out the new derelict property tax; the involvement there will be from local authorities in relation to authorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26147/26]
296. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will reduce tax on fuel in order to facilitate the capping of prices at affordable levels. [26785/26]
297. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out any estimates into the cost to the Exchequer of implementing an upper limit cap on the cost of local property tax for people on lower, fixed incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11989/26]
300. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work being carried out in his Department to fix the anomaly where many workers who live in the North and who work in the South are precluded from working from home due to the significant Revenue implications for their employers; if he will detail any contacts his Department has had on the matter with the equiva…
301. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to urgently address inheritance tax brackets for childless couples, single people and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26895/26]
303. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will impose a windfall tax on energy companies, similar to the temporary solidarity tax imposed during the initial invasion of Ukraine in 2022, in order to ensure that unjustified profits are not made on the recent spike in international gas prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26929/26]
305. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the indexing of capital gains tax to take account of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26898/26]
306. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount by which he proposes to raise the price of petrol, diesel and home heating oil through increases to the carbon tax, in each year until 2030. [26716/26]
309. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures his Department will take to address rising fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26485/26]
316. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the impact that the scheduled increase in carbon tax and current levels of excise duty are having on farm businesses; if he will consider seeking a postponement of the upcoming carbon tax rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20110/26]
318. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the immediate tax or fiscal measures being considered to alleviate ongoing cost-of-living pressures on low and middle-income households, particularly in light of rising energy, food and housing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26732/26]
319. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the work being undertaken by his Department to reduce the cost of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26734/26]
326. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress being made to index credits and bands to prevent an increase in the real burden of income tax; the estimated amount this will cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26897/26]
328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will commit to abolishing or fundamentally reforming the deemed disposal regime as it applies to Exchange Traded Funds held by individual retail investors; if not, to set out clearly the specific policy rationale for retaining a taxation mechanism that has no equivalent in any comparable EU jurisdiction, that taxes unrealised gains, that p…
329. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures he plans to take to address the runaway cost of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26841/26]