127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering abolishing USC for workers earning less than €100,000 in order to help workers with increases in costs of living. [68656/26]
Topics / Universal Social Charge
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsUniversal Social Charge
26 questions from 12 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 29 September 2026.
26
questions
25 written, 1 oral
12
TDs have asked
4
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
Jan 2025Oct 2026
Show as a table
| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 0 |
| March 2025 | 1 |
| April 2025 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 1 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| June 2026 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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.
-
10
-
3
-
2
-
2
-
2
-
1
-
1
-
1
Asked of
Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
181. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the USC surcharge on self-employed income for those earning more than €100,000. [67033/26]
794. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to introduce a cost-of-living measure for workers by abolishing the USC for those earning less than €50,000 per year, given that it was originally proposed as a temporary emergency tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57424/26]
811. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting occupational pensions from the USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58514/26]
193. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider measures to address the USC liability on occupational pensions, given the disparity between the treatment of occupational pensions and the State Pension and the impact of inflation and rising costs on pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52998/26]
194. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the USC treatment of former State and semi-State employees who paid modified PRSI and whose occupational pensions are subject to USC, unlike the State Pension (Contributory); if he will consider reliefs for this cohort in the forthcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52999/26]
200. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated total cost of reducing the 3% USC Rate to 2%. [53209/26]
220. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to address the anomaly whereby people on occupational pensions are subject to USC as opposed to State pensioners who are not (details supplied); if a waiver up to the limit of the State pension should apply to those on occupational pensions; and the estimated cost of introducing such a waiver. [53614/26]
13. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans for the reduction or abolition of USC in budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48308/26]
553. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised from restoring the USC to its original bands and rates (details supplied). [42560/26]
481. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the 0.5% and 2% rate of USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40203/26]
212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of the revenue collected from the 45% USC rate applied to the full amount of certain bank bonuses each year for which data is available, in tabular from. [38561/26]
385. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of money it is estimated will be collected from the USC this year; and to provide as good an estimate as possible of the amount that would have been raised had the reductions and changes introduced from 2012 onwards; and 2016 onwards had not been made. [36683/26]
269. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing USC on the first €45,000 in income in 2026. [13949/26]
271. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing the USC on the first €40,000 in income in 2026 on a first and full-year basis. [13965/26]
452. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any research carried out into the cost of eliminating the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11678/26]
231. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a submission regarding USC (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50970/25]
734. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of removing USC on the first €30,000 earned. [43856/25]
735. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of removing USC on the first €35,000 earned. [43857/25]
736. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of removing USC on the first €40,000 earned. [43858/25]
737. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of removing USC on the first €45,000 earned. [43859/25]
244. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%; reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0%; and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €27,382 to €40,000. [40558/25]
245. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%; reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0%; and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €27,382 to €35,000. [40559/25]
286. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%; reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0%; and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €27,382 to €45,000. [31477/25]
294. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to removing the extra USC charge of 3% that applies to any self-employed income over €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/25]