195. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims made on the home carer tax credit in 2025; and the number of eligible households Revenue estimate are not claiming the tax. [72225/26]
Topics / Tax Credits
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsTax Credits
172 questions from 62 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 13 October 2026.
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170 written, 2 oral
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| May 2025 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 6 |
| July 2025 | 19 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 8 |
| October 2025 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 5 |
| December 2025 | 12 |
| January 2026 | 6 |
| February 2026 | 19 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 6 |
| May 2026 | 12 |
| June 2026 | 9 |
| July 2026 | 22 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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887. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health whether her Department provides support to home care workers with mileage costs and the cost of fuel (details supplied); whether there are tax credits which home care workers can avail of to assist with the cost of fuel associated with their work as a home carer. [71970/26]
97. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the policy of introducing a personal tax credit for people with a disability in employment. [69849/26]
98. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated full year costs of increasing the standard rate income tax band available to recipients of the single person child carer credit from €48,000 to €51,750; and the estimated cost of increasing the value of the single person child carer credit from €1,900 to €2,100. [69856/26]
150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is intending to make any changes to the Section 481 Film Tax credit in the upcoming budget in view of the recommendations of the Budgetary Oversight Committee report on Section 481, particularly in relation to addressing employment rights, employment security, and the use of buy-out contracts for actors, performers, writers and directo…
167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that film producer companies in receipt of section 481 Film Tax Credit, claiming that they are providing quality employment and training, are also required to be the legal employer of the film crew on the film production for which the credit is claimed. [68637/26]
188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out analysis into persons that ultimately benefit from the renters’ tax credits when no ban on rent increase is in place. [68627/26]
192. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider, in the context of Budget 2027 and in consultation with (details supplied) the introduction of a permanent 8% regional uplift to the Section 481 film tax credit for qualifying productions undertaken outside the Dublin Metropolitan Area, including Ashford; to assess the potential of such a measure to increase regional film and televisi…
780. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the absence of any tax support for grieving parents who were cohabiting at the time of their partner’s death; if he will consider a review of the widowed parent tax credit to assess whether its eligibility criteria adequately reflect modern family structures; and his plans to address this policy gap in order that bereaved coha…
657. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to urgently consider correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57047/26]
660. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will consider introducing, in Budget 2027, a permanent 8% Section 481 uplift for productions filming outside the Dublin metropolitan area including Ashford; his views on whether this would increase production capacity by encouraging filming beyond the already constrained Dublin production hub, would support investment in regional jobs, skill…
674. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of making the research and development tax credit payable to small and micro companies within 12 months. [55031/26]
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]
762. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the home carer tax credit to single carers in paid employment and the increase to the credit to €2,250; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56702/26]
763. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the dependent relative tax credit to €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56703/26]
775. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to increase investment into County Kerry for independent film and TV by introducing a permanent 8% Section 481 regional uplift for productions filming outside the Dublin metropolitan area including Ashford (DMAA) (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57048/26]
787. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57288/26]
804. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to an increase in the single person child carer credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58004/26]
821. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax credit regime in place to support the Irish film industry; his plans for the future development of this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58960/26]
841. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest figures for the number of people who have availed of the rent tax credit in this tax year, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59238/26]
165. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the full-year cost of a single person’s personal tax credit and earned income credit of €2,800, €3,000 and €3,500, respectively, for each tax credit category and for each level of credit for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53973/26]
223. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason there is a delay for a company (details supplied) in receiving their R&D tax credit claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53656/26]
37. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 24 June 2026, given motor tax is not a self-assessment tax, could the Minister address a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51996/26]
38. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport if a situation could be reviewed (details supplied) given widespread overcharging of motor tax by the tax-collectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51997/26]
39. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport the way in which a vehicle is eligible to apply for the vintage rate of tax; the details of the further 'relevant documentation' that is required’ (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51998/26]