938. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to introducing additional relief or supports for old age pensioners to assist with the rising cost of private health insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25435/26]
Topics / Tax Reliefs
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsTax Reliefs
345 questions from 91 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 13 October 2026.
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332 written, 13 oral
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| December 2025 | 20 |
| January 2026 | 21 |
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| April 2026 | 32 |
| May 2026 | 19 |
| June 2026 | 9 |
| July 2026 | 19 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 20 |
| October 2026 | 15 |
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943. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the bike-to-work scheme will be opened to people in atypical employment; to list those currently eligible for the scheme; if the scheme will be extended to other types of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25656/26]
957. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the current €115,000 earnings cap for pension tax relief, which has remained unchanged since 2011; if he will consider linking the cap to wage or inflation growth in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25996/26]
970. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the analysis and reasoning behind the tax reliefs in the data centre sector will be provided. [26457/26]
972. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered re-assessing the tax treatment of employees travel and subsistence expenses to be inclusive of active and public transport, particularly for care workers who are required to travel from home-to-home in the course of their work and whose travel expenses are taxable when walking, using public transport or using a bike/scooter; a…
973. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will consider making employer participation in schemes mandatory where requested by an employee; if he will consider reforming the schemes to allow employees to claim the relevant tax reliefs directly from Revenue Commissioners without employer involvement in view of the Programme for Government commitment to review and expand the bike-t…
1000. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the revised disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if he is committed to ensuring that the Government makes a decision on the scheme imminently, as previously advised during a meeting of the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach on Wednesday, 4 …
1003. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the monies that have been given to support the accelerated capital allowance scheme for 2023-2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27009/26]
1004. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employers that have participated in the tax saver scheme for employees to use public transport to and from work; the number of employees that are covered by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27023/26]
1006. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who have claimed the remote working tax relief since its introduction; and the total cost to date to the Exchequer. [27061/26]
1009. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the Programme for Government’s commitment to review the bike to work scheme; if he is considering increasing the tax relief limit for e-bikes under the cycle-to-work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27224/26]
1014. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether self employed sole traders are entitled to claim the bike to work scheme grant. [27286/26]
1016. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures currently in place to ensure that employees are able to avail of the TaxSaver commuter ticket and bike-to-work schemes in circumstances where their employer refuses to facilitate participation; if he is aware that some employers do not offer access to these schemes despite employees commuting primarily by public transport; the reason…
1018. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if self-employed sole-traders are included within the cycle to work scheme; if not, whether serious consideration would be given to expanding the scheme to include these sole-traders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27327/26]
206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the removal of the 1% levy on life assurance investment policies where such policies are used exclusively to hold personal injury, medical negligence, or other compensation awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23182/26]
38. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22618/26]
373. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if tax relief will be introduced in respect of road toll charges for persons incurring such costs while travelling to and from work taking into account that people from areas such as county Cavan may travel through a number of tolls each day incurring substantial expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21751/26]
375. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the disparity in tax relief between medical therapies and specialist dyslexia intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21793/26]
421. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider introducing a tax relief for PAYE individuals who engage the services of an accountant for the purposes of their tax return and incur fees (details supplied). [19019/26]
460. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding a pension tax relief matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/26]
464. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any review ongoing of the pension tax relief earnings cap of €115,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20095/26]
465. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the merits of increasing the pension tax relief earnings cap of €115,000, which was set in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20096/26]
466. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has any plans to raise the pension tax relief earnings cap, which has remained fixed at €115,000 since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20165/26]
80. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Government has considered introducing a sunset provision for the Special Assignee Relief Programme with a view to transitioning to a broader competitive corporate tax environment that does not rely on individual income tax distortions to attract foreign direct investment; the assessment that has been made of whether the scheme remains nece…
354. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to add a category to the MED 2 form to allow claims for tax relief for cone beam computed tomography dental imaging. [16921/26]