893. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated revenue to be generated from introducing a levy of 3% on audiovisual media service providers, in line with the provision for a European works levy set out in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2023. [33650/24]
715. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when Bus Éireann school transport will issue a response to a communication (details supplied) relating to a student attending an all-Irish school in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32134/24]
657. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the total seat capacity and number of applications for school transport tickets to a school in County Donegal (details supplied); if additional capacity is being considered for a particular route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31579/24]
606. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when payroll forms will be completed and returned to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal that are urgently required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31082/24]
529. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of core expenditure allocated to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for temporary protection and international protection-related expenditure in each of the years 2025 to 2029. [33518/24]
528. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of the expenditure from the contingency reserve assigned for temporary protection and international protection-related expenditure in each of the years 2025 to 2027. [33515/24]
484. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm if a contingency reserve, previously totalling €4.5 billion in the stability programme update, is provided in voted current spending in table 1 of the summer economic statement in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2029, respectively; the amount in this reserve in each of those years; a breakdown of this allocation across programmes such as: Ukraine related expenditure, Covid-related expenditure, international protection expenditure, EU funds and Brexit-related expenditure, transport expenditure, and so on, in each of those years. [31893/24]
483. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if provision has been made in either voted current spending or budgetary decisions in table 1 of the summer economic statement, with respect to future public service pay agreements, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2029, respectively. [31891/24]
461. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the money allocated to the State’s contribution to auto-enrolment within the base under the stability programme update and summer economic statement; and if it is provided with the expenditure ceiling or budgetary decisions line of the summer economic statement, for the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33488/24]
439. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if tax projections under the Stability Programme Update (SPU) incorporated or factored in increases in capital expenditure, for example, in relation to VAT, under the SPU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33722/24]
436. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the cap on the level of exempt income under the artists’ tax exemption from €50,000 to €60,000, to €75,000, and to €100,000. [33658/24]
434. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be gained by imposing a levy on ticket sale and distribution service providers at a rate of 3%, 4% and 5%, based on the revenue earned by the provider for services provided in the State. [33656/24]
432. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of establishing a regional uplift for section 481 tax relief limited to productions filmed in Gaeltacht areas. [33653/24]
425. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by introducing a luxury vehicle tax applied at a rate of 10 per cent on the importation or sale of vehicles of a value in excess of €100,000, excluding HGVs, ambulances, hearses, motor vehicle clearly marked for policing activities, motor vehicle clearly marked and equipped for emergency medical or fire response activities or recreational vehicles designed or adapted to provide temporary residential accommodations. [33323/24]
424. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by introducing a luxury vehicle tax applied at a rate of 10% on the importation or sale of vehicles of a value in excess of €85,000, excluding HGVs, ambulances, hearses, motor vehicle clearly marked for policing activities, motor vehicle clearly marked and equipped for emergency medical or fire response activities or recreational vehicles designed or adapted to provide temporary residential accommodations. [33316/24]
423. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by introducing a luxury vehicle tax applied at a rate of 10% on the importation or sale of vehicles of a value in excess of €65,000, excluding HGVs, ambulances, hearses, motor vehicle clearly marked for policing activities, motor vehicle clearly marked and equipped for emergency medical or fire response activities or recreational vehicles designed or adapted to provide temporary residential accommodations. [33315/24]
422. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year cost in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 of making research and development payable credits, under the R&D tax credit regime, payable in one instalment for small and micro companies and SMEs. [33306/24]
421. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 of extending the reduced 9% rate of VAT applying to electricity and gas. [33303/24]
420. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the income tax standard rate band by €1,000 in 2025, a further €1,000 in 2026, a further €1,000 in 2027, a further €1,000 in 2028 and a further €1,000 in 2029, respectively. [33295/24]
419. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the income tax standard rate band by €500 in 2025, a further €500 in 2026, a further €500 in 2027, a further €500 in 2028 and a further €500 in 2029, respectively. [33292/24]
418. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the single person child carer tax credit by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [33289/24]
417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the single person child carer tax credit by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [33269/24]
416. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the incapacitated child credit by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33268/24]
415. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the incapacitated child credit by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33263/24]
414. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home carer’s credit by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33261/24]
413. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home carer’s credit by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [33259/24]
412. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, having increased personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively for example, increasing tax credits by €100 would increase the yield of tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 compared to not increasing tax credits. [33256/24]
411. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, having increased personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €75 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively (for example, increasing tax credits by €75 would increase the yield of tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 compared to not increasing tax credits. [33249/24]
410. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, having increased personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, for example, increasing tax credits by €50 would increase the yield of tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 compared to not increasing tax credits. [33247/24]
409. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, and assumptions made with respect of this estimate with regards to married people or civil partners. [33241/24]
408. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from tapering personal, employee and earned income tax credits by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [33240/24]
407. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €100 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, and to clarify if this costing includes the married or in a civil partnership tax credit, widowed person or surviving civil partnership credit and widowed parent or surviving civil partner bereavement credit. [33239/24]
406. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €75 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, and to clarify if this costing includes the married or in a civil partnership tax credit, widowed person or surviving civil partnership credit and widowed parent or surviving civil partner bereavement credit. [33238/24]
405. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively; and if this costing includes the married or in a civil partnership tax credit, widowed person or surviving civil partnership credit and widowed parent or surviving civil partner bereavement credit. [33237/24]
404. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue of scheduled increases in the carbon tax in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, respectively, with reference to 2024. [33235/24]
403. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2025, and specifically from 1 January 2025 to 1 October 2025, of not proceeding with the scheduled increase in excise duty on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil, respectively, on 1 August 2024. [33233/24]
402. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue cost in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, of increasing the rent tax credit to 8.3% of annual rent paid per private rental tenant, with a minimum credit of €1,000 and maximum credit of €2,000, provided as a refundable tax credit. [33216/24]
401. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the rent tax credit to 8.3% of annual rent paid per private rental tenant, with a minimum credit of €1,000 and maximum credit of €1,500, provided as a refundable tax credit for the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029. [33215/24]
400. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the rent tax credit to €1,000 for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029. [33211/24]
399. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the money allocated to the rent tax credit and within the base under the Stability Programme Update and Summer Economic Statement for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 respectively; and if there is €288 million in the tax base for the rent tax credit in 2024 given €200 million was allocated to it in Budget 2023 and a further €88 million was allocated to it in Budget 2024. [33208/24]
398. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue provided in the tax base under the stability programme update and Summer Economic Statement with respect to the mortgage interest tax credit in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively; and the revenue in the base in each of those years. [33191/24]
394. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue cost in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by increasing the age-related percentage limits for employee pension contributions to 40% across all age-brackets. [33160/24]
393. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by reducing the total earnings limit for employee pension contribution from €115,000 to €60,000 while increasing the age-related percentage limits to 40% across all age-brackets. [33159/24]
392. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by reducing the total earnings limit for employee pension contribution from €115,000 to €60,000, €70,000 and €80,000, in tabular form. [33158/24]
391. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by increasing the rate of capital acquisition tax from 33 to 36% for Category A. [33155/24]
390. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by increasing the rate of capital acquisition tax from 33 to 36%. [33153/24]