425. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 17 February 2026, if a further review is underway by his Department and Revenue to provide more clarity on the costs of abolition of the deemed disposal rule. [19209/26]
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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| May 2026 | 10 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 29 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 7 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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437. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the revenue earned from VAT on large energy users in each of the years 2015 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [19391/26]
438. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the revenue earned from VAT on electricity and gas from large energy users broken down by gas and electricity separately in each of the years 2015 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [19393/26]
481. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the revenue earned from VAT on energy broken down by gas and electricity charged to large energy users in each of the years 2015 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [20568/26]
273. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport whether motor tax revenue is ringfenced or utilised in general expenditure; the amount taken in motor tax revenue in 2025; and the reason this no longer transfers to local authorities. [18153/26]
82. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total revenue collected by the State specifically from deemed disposal taxation on EU-domiciled Exchange Traded Funds and other collective investment undertakings subject to the eight-year deemed disposal rule in each of the years 2015 to 2025 inclusive; the estimated revenue projected for each remaining year of the current tax regime; and if he w…
83. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of individual taxpayers who filed a deemed disposal liability on Exchange Traded Funds or other collective investment undertakings in each of the years 2015 to 2025 inclusive; the average deemed disposal tax liability per individual in each year; the total number of individuals who were required to sell holdings in order to meet a dee…
84. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total administrative cost to Revenue of collecting deemed disposal taxation on Exchange Traded Funds and collective investment undertakings, including staff costs, systems costs, compliance overhead, and enforcement activity, in the most recent year for which data are available; how this administrative cost compares to the total revenue collected …
85. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or Revenue has conducted any assessment of the ratio of administrative cost to revenue collected specifically in respect of the deemed disposal regime as it applies to Exchange Traded Funds; if not, the reason therefor; whether he considers the current regime to represent value for money from a tax collection efficiency standpoi…
91. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of individual taxpayers who crystallised a deemed disposal loss on Exchange Traded Funds or collective investment undertakings in each of the past five years; the total value of those losses; whether those taxpayers were entitled to any relief on those losses against other income or gains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [176…
99. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of individual investors who will face their first deemed disposal event on Exchange Traded Fund holdings in each of the years 2026, 2027, and 2028; the estimated aggregate tax liability that will crystallise in each of those years; whether Revenue has assessed the capacity of individual investors to meet these liabilities without being requ…
101. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the deemed disposal regime on Exchange Traded Funds entirely and replacing it with a standard capital gains tax charge on actual disposal at the standard 33% rate; how this cost compares to the current annual revenue generated by the deemed disposal regime on these instruments; and if he will m…
102. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has considered, as an alternative to full abolition of the deemed disposal regime, extending the deemed disposal interval from eight years to fifteen or twenty years; the estimated revenue impact of such a change; whether such an extension would materially reduce the distortive effect of the regime on long-term investment behaviour; and if…
353. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected from taxing farmers on income from agri-environmental schemes. [16910/26]
588. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities that own land for house building are liable for the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16457/26]
86. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance amount of money raised in residential zoned land tax to date, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15575/26]
367. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the revenue raised by the sugar-sweetened drinks tax each year since its introduction to-date in 2026, by the yield, in each band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14310/26]
250. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost of equalising rates for three and six month motor tax payments with the rate of the 12-month payment. [13947/26]
487. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has carried out any analysis on the amount of tax revenue raised from the operation of the deemed disposal rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12583/26]
14. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of scrapping the unfair surcharge on people paying motor tax in instalments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/26]
176. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the amount of carbon tax collected for the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9554/26]
213. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount raised through the carbon tax in the years 2019 to 2024; and the amount projected to be raised in the years 2025 to 2030, by year. [10073/26]
221. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total 2025 tax receipts in income tax, VAT and corporation tax; the way in which these compare to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9957/26]
233. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount collected in stamp duty for residential properties in 2025; and the proportion of this amount applicable to first-time buyers.
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375. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amounts in dividend payments made to the State in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, by commercial semi-State companies and non-commercial semi-State companies, by year and by company, in tabular form. [7605/26]