Written answers
				Tuesday, 18 February 2025
  - Rental Sector 
 252. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he is considering reviewing raising the local authority borrowing cap to facilitate the delivery of more cost rental in cities, including Dublin. [5994/25]
- State Claims Agency 
 253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of compensation payments made to persons by the State Claims Agency in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 to include the nature of...
- Tax Code 
 254. To ask the Minister for Finance to remedy a serious issue with regard to inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/25]
- Departmental Funding 
 255. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America...
- Banking Sector 
 256. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount on deposit in banks nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5688/25]
- Tax Code 
 257. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reviewing the deemed disposal tax on exchange traded funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5825/25]
- Banking Sector 
 258. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new licenses issued to companies offering equity release requests and lifetime loans in the Irish market over the past 12 years; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff 
 259. To ask the Minister for Finance the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a...
- Rental Sector 
 260. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the situation regarding rent tax credit whereby hotel staff pay the hotel in respect of a property rented by the hotel from another source that...
- Regulatory Bodies 
 261. To ask the Minister for Finance if the investigation services division of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has increased in terms of its resources; if so, the current number of...
- Pension Provisions 
 262. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason people in receipt of the State pension have to pay income tax on this in situations where they have a separate pension from their previous...
- Revenue Commissioners 
 263. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to increase the number of dog detector teams within Revenue Commissioners to 50; and the last time this number was increased....
- Primary Medical Certificates 
 264. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate, particularly in relation to stroke patients, who may have significant mobility...
- Banking Sector 
 265. To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts the view of other central banks such as the Bank of England on a matter (details supplied) in relation to commercial banks and the process of...
- Fiscal Policy 
 266. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the work programme developed to examine the recommendations of the Funds Sector 2030 review, in particular, the scope to further unlock retail...
- National Treasury Management Agency 
 267. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the issue of divestment by the Ireland strategic investment fund from all companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements (details...
- Tobacco Control Measures 
 268. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken by his Department to prevent the advertisement and sale of illicit tobacco products online; his Department’s engagement to date...
- Fiscal Policy 
 270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the Funds Sector 2030 report recommendations on the taxation of investment funds and life assurance policies; if so, if he is considering...
- Departmental Properties 
 271. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain...
- Tax Code 
 273. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the viability of having the same VAT rate for hairdressing and beauty services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6298/25]
- Insurance Industry 
 274. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Programme for Government commitment to legislate for the “Right To Be Forgotten”, which would require insurers to disregard a...
- Artificial Intelligence 
 275. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of...
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