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Question· writtenPQ 270asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2025
270. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he accepts that it is critical the State moves to multi-annual budget envelopes for key infrastructure projects and delivery bodies given that a growing number of major infrastructure projects under the current NDP have been delayed in recent times for lack of relatively small amounts of funding to move through the approvals process; if he supports the idea that State Bodies delivering those projects must be given multi-annual funding envelopes, so that projects are not reliant on new approvals each fiscal year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52659/25]
Question· writtenPQ 266asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2025
266. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if he has conducted an assessment of the likely impact on Irish pharmaceutical exports and State tax receipts of recent tariff announcements by the United States administration; and the contingency measures being considered in Budget 2026 to mitigate any fiscal risk arising from changes in U.S. trade policy. [52761/25]
Question· writtenPQ 262asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2025
262. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he accepts that Ireland's fiscal policy must be cognisant of risks surrounding indexation on corporate tax, introduces to our ability to fund the day-to-day running of the State or our investment ambition; his views that such a narrow base across and within tax heads leaves us vulnerable to any shock which would hit the internationally traded sector or sectors with disproportionately higher earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52658/25]
Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2025
50. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will engage with the Minister for Finance in advance of budget 2026 to introduce targeted fiscal measures to improve affordability and participation in sport, including tax relief on sporting membership fees and a reduced VAT rate on sport and exercise classes, in order to encourage greater participation across all age groups and communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52424/25]
Question· writtenPQ 234asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
234. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of the degree of exposure of the Irish economy to external trade shocks arising from multinational dependency and international trade tensions; the contingency plans that exist to safeguard employment and Exchequer revenues in such a scenario; whether diversification of inward investment forms part of the Government’s current economic strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51022/25]
Question· writtenPQ 230asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2025
230. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will abolish the deemed disposal regime as it applies to investments in Exchange Traded Funds and align the taxation of gains on ETFs with the capital gains tax regime at 33%, with tax payable only upon an actual disposal.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50928/25]
Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
30. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of each taxation measure or provision that will expire at the end of 2025; the projected cost to extend each to the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50849/25]
Question· writtenPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2025
29. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the total carryover cost in 2026 of taxation measures implemented in Budget 2025; the breakdown of the individual cost of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50848/25]
Question· writtenPQ 225asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2025
225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance whether he has considered strengthening fiscal rules or expenditure benchmarks to ensure that growth in current spending does not outpace the long-term sustainable growth rate of the economy. [50417/25]
Question· writtenPQ 212asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2025
212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in view of the September 2025 warnings from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council about Government overspending relative to agreed targets, the immediate measures being taken to contain expenditure within sustainable levels. [49509/25]
Question· writtenPQ 209asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2025
209. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the contingency planning in place if corporate tax revenues fall short of expectations in 2025/2026. [50020/25]
Question· writtenPQ 205asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2025
205. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance in view of the September 2025 warnings from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council about Government overspending relative to agreed targets, the immediate measures being taken to contain expenditure within sustainable levels; and if he will detail the contingency planning in place if corporate tax revenues fall short of expectations in 2025/2026. [49508/25]
Question· writtenPQ 1318asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
1318. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she has considered measures to compensate hospitals for any revenue loss arising from the introduction of free parking for holders of a disabled person’s parking permit (blue badge); if her Department has conducted an assessment of the fiscal impact of such a measure across the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48844/25]
Question· writtenPQ 396asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
396. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a full breakdown, by Department, of current expenditure overruns to date in 2025, including voted expenditure; and how these figures compare with the allocations approved in Budget 2025. [49382/25]
Question· writtenPQ 390asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
390. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in view of the Fiscal Advisory Council’s report that current spending is exceeding targets, if he will publish sector-by-sector projections for 2026 and 2027, to demonstrate the government’s capacity to maintain critical services without undermining fiscal stability. [48863/25]
Question· writtenPQ 378asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he accepts the warning of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that persistent overspending without disclosure risks overheating the economy and undermining fiscal stability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48397/25]
Question· writtenPQ 377asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will commit to publishing quarterly reports on departmental spending variances in order to prevent the concealment of overruns and to restore public trust in the budgetary process. [48396/25]
Question· writtenPQ 376asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to detail the total cost of expenditure overruns, by Department in 2025 to date; and the corrective actions, if any, being implemented to manage these overruns. [48395/25]
Question· writtenPQ 375asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures being taken to ensure that spending forecasts for Budget 2026 reflect realism and transparency, in line with IFAC recommendations. [48394/25]
Question· writtenPQ 374asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he accepts the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s assessment that the credibility of the Budget process is being undermined by the concealment of spending overruns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48393/25]
Question· writtenPQ 332asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
332. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance the share of VAT, PSO levy, and other taxes in Irish household electricity bills; and if he will review taxation policy to ease costs for households. [48837/25]
Question· writtenPQ 315asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance given the IFAC’s warning on Ireland’s fiscal overexposure to volatile corporation tax receipts, the steps being taken to broaden the revenue base and safeguard fiscal stability, in particular to sustain infrastructural investment in Cork. [48379/25]
Question· writtenPQ 314asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
314. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of how much of the projected €8 billion fiscal gap (after excluding excess corporation tax) will be addressed by sustainable, recurring revenue sources rather than temporary windfalls. [48351/25]
Question· writtenPQ 313asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
313. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s warning that the €9.4 billion Budget package risks overheating the economy; and the means by which he intends to reconcile these fiscal pressures with the urgent need to reduce child poverty. [48350/25]
Question· writtenPQ 275asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2025
275. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance his Department's plans to engage with Northern and British authorities on the issues facing cross-Border workers and employers, and particularly cross-Border remote workers, as regards taxation matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47601/25]
Question· writtenPQ 1895asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
1895. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Budget 2026 will include targeted investment to reduce childcare costs, given recent reports showing that average childcare payments now exceed mortgage repayments in most urban areas; and the projected fiscal cost of implementing a universal childcare cap or subsidy model. [44937/25]
Question· writtenPQ 1894asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
1894. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will initiate an independent operational and financial review of Tusla in light of its reported €68 million budget overrun and a 30% year-on-year increase in demand for services; and if she will outline how her Department intends to ensure continuity of support for vulnerable children and families during this period of fiscal stress. [44935/25]
Question· writtenPQ 674asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department intends to conduct a review of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022, with particular regard to its effectiveness in protecting low-paid hospitality workers; if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance regarding the taxation of tips under the current legislation; if he will examine the feasibility of introducing a statutory exemption from taxation on genuine customer gratuities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44920/25]
Question· writtenPQ 647asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
647. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the safeguards that exist to ensure value for money in the disbursement of public funds to NGOs, in the absence of an independent national database. [46647/25]
Question· writtenPQ 646asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
646. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has analysed how Ireland’s public expenditure on NGOs compares with other European Union member states as a proportion of GDP; and if he will publish these findings. [46644/25]
Question· writtenPQ 645asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
645. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Government will consider re-establishing an independent mechanism for tracking and publishing the flow of public monies to the non-profit sector, given that Ireland remains without such a body since 2021. [46641/25]
Question· writtenPQ 643asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
643. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total annual expenditure by the State on the non-profit and NGO sector for each of the past five years, disaggregated by Department and agency. [46638/25]
Question· writtenPQ 550asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
550. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an assessment of the fiscal impact of designating counselling and psychotherapy services as VAT exempt in line with other health services. [46528/25]
Question· writtenPQ 540asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
540. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarity on the policy regarding the taxation of personal tools brought into the State by skilled tradespeople returning to Ireland after a period abroad; if consideration will be given to exempting such tools, particularly in cases where the tools were originally purchased in Ireland and are clearly the personal property and essential working equipment of the returning worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46159/25]
Question· writtenPQ 533asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
533. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if 'non-tax balance of escrow fund' as detailed in the fiscal monitor represents the full interest paid on the apple tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46092/25]
Question· writtenPQ 532asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
532. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the annual revenue raised for the exchequer through 'motoring fines' as detailed in monthly fiscal monitors for each year since 2016 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46091/25]
Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
515. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is working on setting up a double taxation agreement with Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45250/25]
Question· writtenPQ 509asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
509. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 5 February 2025, to outline all circumstances under which the non-resident can make a claim to the Revenue Commissioners for the IREF withholding tax to be reduced under the terms of a double taxation treaty. [45099/25]
Question· writtenPQ 467asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2025
467. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance whether Ireland will support European Commission recommendations on updates to the Tobacco Taxation Directive [47102/25]
Question· writtenPQ 2413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2413. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the fiscal supports being considered by her Department to alleviate the burden of childcare costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42547/25]
Question· writtenPQ 706asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
706. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s plans to engage with Northern and British authorities on the issues facing cross-Border workers and employers and particularly cross-Border remote workers as regards taxation matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43448/25]
Question· writtenPQ 671asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
671. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the work carried out by her Department to examine the barriers facing farming women within the taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41950/25]
Question· writtenPQ 667asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
667. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 29 April 2025, to specify the caselaw pre-dating the Karshan ruling upon which the taxation of sub-postmasters as self-employed was based; and to confirm that this basis cannot now be applied in light of the Karshan ruling. [41821/25]
Question· writtenPQ 666asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
666. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 29 April 2025, to specify the caselaw pre-dating the Karshan ruling upon which the taxation of sub-postmasters as self-employed was based, and to confirm that this basis cannot now be applied in light of the Karshan ruling. [41820/25]
Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
626. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance the current figures for tax revenue collected in the last fiscal year, broken down by category that is, income tax, corporate tax, VAT and so on; the way in which it compares to the projections made in the previous budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40938/25]
Question· writtenPQ 624asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
624. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance the current level of public debt as a percentage of GDP; the way this has this changed over the past decade; the measures being taken to reduce the fiscal deficit; the projected figures for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40936/25]
Question· oralPQ 94asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2025
94. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to review the transition year programme to include practical life skills as part of the compulsory requirement across all schools: personal legal rights, household management, personal finance, taxation and social welfare and the driver theory test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40202/25]
Question· writtenPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2025
51. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of Ireland’s financial services tax regime, as encouraged by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare and plans to review the deemed disposal tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39804/25]
Question· writtenPQ 158asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2025
158. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the investment fund reforms being considered in advance of Budget 2026, including fund-tax change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39239/25]
Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2025
157. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline any plans under consideration to reform the taxation treatment of exchange traded funds for retail investors, particularly regarding the 41% exit tax rate and the deemed disposal rule after eight years, which many argue penalises long-term investment and wealth preservation for workers. [39408/25]