211. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the key measures taken to support Ireland's tax competitiveness since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53496/26]
Topics / Tax Data
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsTax Data
435 questions from 79 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
435
questions
433 written, 2 oral
79
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
6
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 7 |
| March 2025 | 27 |
| April 2025 | 9 |
| May 2025 | 18 |
| June 2025 | 12 |
| July 2025 | 49 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 39 |
| October 2025 | 32 |
| November 2025 | 16 |
| December 2025 | 18 |
| January 2026 | 9 |
| February 2026 | 20 |
| March 2026 | 39 |
| April 2026 | 18 |
| May 2026 | 35 |
| June 2026 | 22 |
| July 2026 | 29 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 16 |
| October 2026 | 18 |
Who asks, by party
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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of jet fuel VAT and excise exemptions in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51306/26]
261. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue from cutting pension relief threshold from €115,000 to €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51307/26]
262. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost of the special assignment relief programme in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51308/26]
263. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated yearly cost of double indexation of income tax credits in terms of tax revenues foregone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51309/26]
264. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated total yearly impact on tax revenues from double indexation of income tax bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51310/26]
265. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit at a rate of 1%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51370/26]
266. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of reducing the standard and higher rates of taxation by 1% each, the number of people impacted by such reductions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51371/26]
267. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of reducing each of the USC rates by 1%; the number of people impacted by such reductions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51372/26]
268. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing income tax bands at rates of 1%, 2% and 3%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51373/26]
269. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been or is currently being given to indexing income tax bands, and in particular, to the average annual inflation rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51374/26]
520. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing the 11.05% employers PRSI rate to 13.05% on salaries paid below €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51283/26]
521. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new employer PRSI rate of 19.75% on any salaries paid over €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51284/26]
198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) is expected to pay such high road tax for a car with low emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49186/26]
20. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount raised through the carbon tax in each year 2019 to 2025; and the amount projected to be raised in each of the years 2026 to 2030. [47950/26]
68. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the increases to the carbon tax he intends to introduce each year until 2030. [48256/26]
248. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of increasing the VAT flat rate for farmers to 5.1% [48440/26]
241. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000. [47035/26]
244. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by restricting the employer PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration to SMEs. [47038/26]
245. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the revenue raised by extending a 1% Stamp Duty for all share buybacks. [47040/26]
246. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the revenue raised by reducing standard fund threshold from €2.2 to €1.5 million. [47041/26]
52. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department will consider increasing the rent-a-room tax allowance in line with inflation. [46117/26]
345. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of the change of law for inheritance tax at 33% for a person (details supplied); and if he can provide an update on this matter. [44975/26]
355. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated reduction in VAT revenue caused by the abolition of VAT on newspapers in 2023; the reasons for this change; and his views on whether or not this tax reduction was passed on to consumers. [45518/26]
516. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 19 May 2026, when the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 will be amended and brought into line with social welfare legislation that exists, to give full recognition to partners as is given to married couples (details supplied); if the Revenue Commissioners and his Department will give full …