Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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552. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 29 July 2025, if the updated figures from the Revenue Commissioners for 2026 referred to in the reply are available and can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46540/25]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that traders are not required to identify the VAT yield generated from the supply of specific goods and services on their VAT returns. Therefore, it is not possible to provide a costing for the measures outlined above using information provided on tax returns alone.

However, using Revenue and other third-party data sources, a tentative estimate of the 2026 projected cost of reducing the VAT rate on the hospitality sector, based on the most recent available data, is shown in the table below.