756. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted a risk assessment or scenario analysis of a potential significant decline in corporate tax receipts over the next five years; the contingency plans in place to safeguard public finances in the event of such a downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56617/26]
Topics / Tax Yield
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsTax Yield
175 questions from 59 TDs, between 6 February 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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171 written, 4 oral
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 11 |
| March 2025 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 4 |
| May 2025 | 11 |
| June 2025 | 7 |
| July 2025 | 8 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 8 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 9 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 10 |
| March 2026 | 22 |
| April 2026 | 16 |
| May 2026 | 10 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 29 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 7 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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788. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised by increasing the dividend withholding tax on REITs and IREFs from 25% to 33%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57350/26]
795. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a correction was made to betting duty payments in quarter 2 of 2024; the reason it resulted in an increase in receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57476/26]
798. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated full year yield that would generate if the Excise Duty on a packet of 20 cigarettes increased by 40 cents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57566/26]
799. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount collected on fuel by fuel type from 2024 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [57680/26]
69. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance given his acknowledgement of the limitations of the Revenue Commissioners Ready Reckoner in accurately forecasting the Exchequer yield from tobacco excise increases (details supplied), if he will use an improved model explicitly incorporating behavioural responses such as product substitution, switching to illicit tobacco products or cross-border purc…
253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated total revenue from raising the effective corporate tax rate to 20% for companies with revenue above €750 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51299/26]
254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new rate of corporate tax of 50% on the profits of all energy companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51300/26]
255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new levy of 4% on the profits of pharmaceutical companies and private heath companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51301/26]
256. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new levy of 2.25% on the profits of the largest social media and ICT companies with revenues above €750 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51302/26]
257. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new levy of 10% on the profits of grocery with more than €50 million in sales and fast-food retailers with more than €25 million in sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51303/26]
258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the local property tax and introducing a tax on non-principal private residences, NPPRs, by single NPPR – €1,000, ten or fewer NPPRs – €1,500 per property, and 11 or more NPPRs – €2,500 per property, excluding properties owned by local authorities and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a s…
259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated additional full-year revenue of increasing corporation tax to 20% for companies involved in fossil-fuel production and refining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51305/26]
253. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from VAT applied to the sale of centre fire rifle ammunition for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47247/26]
248. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount of profits subject to non-trading corporation tax, the total corporation tax take on non-trading income each year since 2018 and the effective tax rate on non-trading income, in tabular form. [46418/26]
249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the average and median inheritance tax paid each year since 2020. [46419/26]
347. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total revenue yield from residential zoned land tax (RZLT); the estimated revenue yield of an increase in the RZLT rate to 5% of the land's annual value in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45056/26]
464. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer from an increase of 50 cent and €1 in the excise duty on 20 cigarettes, and a pro rata increase in excise on other tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39946/26]
465. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer from an increase of 50 cent in the E-liquid products tax, EPT; the current estimated annual yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39947/26]
466. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount the Government is projected to take in via the various taxes on fuel and energy in 2026; and the corresponding figure for each of the past ten years. [39399/26]
475. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount of taxation revenue collected from the mineral exploration and mining sector in each of the past ten years, broken down by corporation tax, royalties, licence fees, employer taxes and any other relevant category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40091/26]
478. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected on building materials and construction services in each of the past ten years. [40112/26]
30. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to explain the significant increase in corporation tax yield forecast between 2029 and 2030, as set out in Table 12 of the Annual Progress Report 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35427/26]
35. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the cost to the exchequer of postponing the carbon tax and carbon tax-related increases on solid fuels, natural gas and mineral oil, respectively, from 1 May 2026 to 14 October 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35432/26]
36. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the expected incremental tax yield during 2026 and in a full year, respectively, from carbon tax increases scheduled to take effect on 14 October 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35433/26]