327. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting carers allowance and carer's benefit from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5288/26]
Topics / Tax Exemptions
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsTax Exemptions
106 questions from 54 TDs, between 11 February 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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104 written, 2 oral
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| January 2025 | 0 |
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| April 2025 | 5 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 3 |
| July 2025 | 7 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 14 |
| October 2025 | 4 |
| November 2025 | 2 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 6 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 3 |
| May 2026 | 10 |
| June 2026 | 7 |
| July 2026 | 9 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify the way in which Irish banks are classified for the purposes of corporation tax by ownership in (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5346/26]
813. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost of making the carer’s allowance, including the half-rate carer’s allowance, exempt from tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1960/26]
828. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department will provide medical exemption for VAT for the athletic rehab therapy sector. [74385/25]
850. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to increase income tax exemption limits for persons over 65 years of age. [1192/26]
242. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding stamp duty for first time buyers with respect to both new and second hand residential properties; and if he will consider abolishing stamp duty for first time buyers. [69529/25]
378. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting from inheritance tax any legacies left by patients who contracted hepatitis as a result of health care system failures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73737/25]
294. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the exemptions and reductions available for local property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69454/25]
285. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of exemptions from stamp duty applied for with the Revenue Commissioners, each year for the past 15 years; and the number that were granted. [66142/25]
88. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the operation of the local property tax exemption for homeowners whose properties are affected by defective concrete; if there is a time limit attached to this exemption; if so, the rationale for imposing a time limit in cases where the property remains defective, has not been remediated and therefore has little or no market value, or in some c…
131. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance to increase the qualifying square area for an exemption of stamp duty on new residential property in view of the fact this can act as a supply side activation measure. [53197/25]
263. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of new residential properties which were exempt from stamp duty; the total number of residential properties where stamp duty was paid; and the average amount paid and the total amount collected by the State in 2024, in tabular form. [52685/25]
38. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance if he will include an estimate of the value of tax foregone, as a result of the tax exemption awarded to religious organisation, in the Department of Finance Tax Expenditures Report, which estimates the cost to the Exchequer of various tax reliefs; if he will explore the use of alternative data sources, such as those held by the Charities Regulator, to develop an e…
39. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider requiring organisations availing of charitable tax exemptions, especially those owned by the church with large assets, to file basic financial or tax-related information with Revenue to improve transparency and oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52285/25]
738. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an issue regarding stamp duty for young farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/25]
311. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing the small gift tax exemption from €3,000 to €4,500 per year. [48208/25]
330. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 8 September 2025, the projected cost in 2026 of extending the tax exemption under Section 216D of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 for profits of up to €400 from micro-generation; the additional cost of increasing this exemption to €500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48686/25]
493. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Finance if his officials have considered the policy impact of applying the professional services withholding tax exemption to services provided by clinical professionals conducting autism assessments; his views on whether such an exemption would be warranted in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44734/25]
501. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate, based on available Revenue Commissioners data, of the amount of tax revenue foregone annually due to the charitable tax exemption status afforded to Catholic dioceses and religious orders that are registered charities; for a breakdown, where possible, by tax type, including but not limited to income tax, corporation tax, capital gai…
513. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the income limit for a full tax exemption for tax payers aged over 65, given this has remained at €18,000 for several years, while the State pension has increased by more than €3,000 in the last decade, and other tax bands and credits have increased in the last number of budgets too; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [451…
525. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the tax exemption on income up to €400 for households with solar panels selling electricity back to the grid, which is due to expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45794/25]
527. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance his position in relation to taxing energy returns from householders with solar panels who return electricity to the utility companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45858/25]
563. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised in the first year by increasing non-resident landlord withholding tax to 40%; the estimated revenue raised in the first year by increasing non-resident landlord withholding tax to 40% and removing all exemption to the withholding tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46614/25]
587. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance if he will review or increase the income tax exemption for pensioners in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46995/25]
590. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of increasing the small gift tax exemption from €3,000 to €5,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47018/25]