126. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if he will review and address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53037/25]
Topics / Tax Code
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsTax Code
802 questions from 113 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
802
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785 written, 17 oral
113
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
133. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Finance his views on the issue in which pensioners start paying tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53231/25]
137. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered changes to the inheritance tax policy for individuals without children; if measures to increase the inheritance tax exemption under the current inheritance tax policy in respect of individuals without children are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53709/25]
265. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans regarding life assurance exit tax (LAET), including consideration of reducing the current 41% rate, abolishing the 1% Government levy, and reviewing the eighth-year deemed disposal rule; and if he will confirm whether reform of LAET will be progressed separately to wider work on exit tax and ETFs as part of the funds review implementation plan. [5271…
37. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if an employer, when reimbursing an employee the 24 hour Revenue Commissioners’ approved unvouched subsistence allowance rate of currently €205.53, requires from the employee, not a full vouching, but the evidence that they incurred an overnight stay in a hotel via a receipt; if this employer evidencing requirement will give rise to any difference between the c…
315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in 2024 of the reduced 9 percent VAT rate for hospitality; and whether an analysis has been conducted on its effect on small business survival rates in Cork and Munster. [51152/25]
325. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a special tax levy on windfall profits accruing to private IPAS centre contracts/operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51445/25]
332. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Finance the thresholds and rates for Capital Acquisitions Tax; his views on the appropriate relationship for different categories of recipient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51919/25]
334. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on VAT rates for tourism and hospitality (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51955/25]
335. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a matter (details supplied) regarding rural public houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51956/25]
743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support calls for the introduction of an income volatility mechanism from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51379/25]
746. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support amending the young trained farmer relief to ensure that this relief is extended beyond the expiry date of 31 December 2025, as it is vital to facilitate generational renewal; if he will take steps to also ensure that the age limit for young trained farmers should be increased from the current 35 to include all qualifyin…
747. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support calls for an accelerated capital allowance for slurry storage and associated equipment (LESS), due to expire at the end of December 2025, to be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51383/25]
227. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the group A capital acquisitions tax threshold given the increase in property values since 2009; if he is satisfied that the current threshold of €400,000 is adequate compared with the 2009 level of €542,544; and if he is satisfied that the current threshold reflects inflation and housing market realities. [50864/25]
230. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will abolish the deemed disposal regime as it applies to investments in Exchange Traded Funds and align the taxation of gains on ETFs with the capital gains tax regime at 33%, with tax payable only upon an actual disposal.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50928/25]
236. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to examine the case for changes to inheritance tax (details supplied) in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51059/25]
23. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if serious consideration will be given to removing VAT on counselling and psychotherapy services to support professionals in the industry and persons who require the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50513/25]
211. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance considering OECD and EU forecasts showing slowed growth and risks from trade policy or tax policy shifts, the contingency planning in place to address possible shortfalls in corporate tax revenue; the adjustments being considered to ensure public finances remain sustainable; and how will such planning protect expenditure for essential services in Cork city and co…
223. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance the contingency planning undertaken to deal with a fall in tax revenues, particularly corporation tax, given the Central Bank’s caution that revenue risks could materialise in the coming years. [50415/25]
166. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has met with the Minister for Finance to discuss the tax free exemption of earnings up to €400 by households participating on the microgeneration scheme; if he is aware this might be eliminated; his views on the impact this will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49404/25]
207. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider abolishing the eight-year deemed disposal rule in the capital gains tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49573/25]
275. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance his Department's plans to engage with Northern and British authorities on the issues facing cross-Border workers and employers, and particularly cross-Border remote workers, as regards taxation matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47601/25]
297. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the VAT treatment of veterinary services and companion-animal medicines, including the scope under the EU VAT directive to apply a reduced rate to neutering, vaccination and microchipping provided by registered veterinarians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47924/25]
300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the introduction of a site value tax or equivalent measures to discourage speculative landholding that withholds serviced land from development; and if he will publish any economic analysis on the potential effects of such a tax on housing affordability. [47953/25]
302. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the dividend withholding tax exemption to investment limited partnerships (ILPs) in order that ILPs are treated on a par with other Irish regulated funds; if he will provide an assessment of the Exchequer impact; the anti-avoidance guardrails that would apply; the expected effect on Ireland’s competitiveness in private equity, priv…