422. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department will consider including the beauty sector in the VAT reduction measure from July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30294/26]
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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
423. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider and allow for a reduction in VAT to 9% for a sector (details supplied) in line with hairdressers and barbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30298/26]
425. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for excluding businesses within the beauty/nail salon sector from the recent VAT reduction to 9%, when barbers and hairdressers were included; if he will consider offering supports to offset this decision to exclude them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30490/26]
440. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in relation to the upcoming VAT reduction for services including hair dressing, whether his Department has conducted any analysis of the feasibility and cost of applying the reduction to associated services such as those provided by beauty salons, nail technicians and skin clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30853/26]
441. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the solution he plans for the potential VAT liability that exists with drivers (details supplied); and if he will ensure that a fair and reasonable repayment schedule is created to ensure that drivers can still afford to work and that the supply of taxi drivers does not fall off a cliff. [30870/26]
443. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on VAT rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30970/26]
337. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue recouped annually by the Exchequer from carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit payments, including the impact of the real-time reporting and collection arrangements introduced from January 2026, and whether he has examined the estimated cost of making these payments fully tax-exempt (details supplied); and if he will make a…
232. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the predicted shortfall in revenue from the recent cuts to the carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28778/26]
261. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department’s up-to-date estimate of the cost of the reduced rate of VAT for the hospitality sector for the remainder of 2026; the estimated full year cost for 2027; if he will review this decision in light of the rising cost of fossil fuels and given the need for additional targeted supports for households and business; and if he will make a stateme…
430. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether a single person who is in receipt of a State pension (contributory) or State pension (non-contributory) and half rate carer's allowance only, are required to make an income tax return and pay any tax due by way of lump sum or whether in such cases it can be deducted at source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28241/26]
432. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total Exchequer cost of fuel-related subsidies introduced in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28332/26]
444. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenues yielded from the taxes adjusted by the Dáil in Financial Resolutions 1, 2, and 3 recently, as in the resolutions for all years to 2025; and the projections from his Department from years 2026 onwards, in tabular form. [28635/26]
1056. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason only 61% of the carbon tax is going to target objectives; and where is the other 39% going. [24960/26]
204. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated amount of tax bands (the standard rate cut off point) would have been increased for a single person and married couple had they been indexed to inflation earnings in the Budget 2026; the cost of this to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23122/26]
226. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation how and where the carbon tax funds were allocated for the years 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23255/26]
377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the excise duty taken in by the State from alcohol in 2025; and the percentage this represents of the total tax take for 2025, in tabular form. [21891/26]
387. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total revenue raised from carbon tax in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22044/26]
394. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of tobacco products tax collected in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22256/26]
217. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of residential properties in Galway City and County which have been purchased while being subject to the 10% and 15% stamp duty rates for multiple purchases of ten or more housing units for each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21120/26]
220. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the cost of further increasing the R&D tax credit rate from 35% to 40%. [21066/26]
223. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of pubs licensed in Ireland in each of the past ten years; and to provide the annual data broken down by county and turnover band, in tabular form. [21070/26]
422. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of money raised through deemed disposal taxes in the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19093/26]
427. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department tracks the total amount of tax revenue collected annually from electricity supplied to businesses in each of the past five years; the projected yield for the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19211/26]
428. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of expanding the qualifying expenditures under the R&D credit in each of the years 2024 and 2025; the estimated cost for expansion of the R&D tax credit in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19212/26]
430. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax on home heating oil back to the levels of each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19217/26]