Written answers
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
- Banking Sector
159. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being undertaken by his Department to ensure greater competition in the Irish banking and financial services sector; and if he will make a... - Tax Credits
160. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have claimed the rent tax credit each year since its introduction, and to date in 2025. [67299/25] - Tax Code
161. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the reduced VAT rate of 9% applied to electricity and gas to also cover home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on... - Artificial Intelligence
163. To ask the Minister for Finance the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is planned for all... - Tax Data
164. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s plans to monitor the planned reduction in the VAT rate on hospitality; his expectations and what will he be measuring; and if he will... - Budget 2026
165. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in budget 2026 had personal income tax band increases been linked to consumer price inflation. [67479/25] - Tax Data
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the total sums paid into the Exchequer as a result of the carbon tax each year since its introduction, including 2025; and a similar breakdown on the way in... - Departmental Schemes
167. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans for incentives or grants to expand the cycle to work/bike to work scheme to make it more accessible to employers; and if he will make a... - Construction Industry
168. To ask the Minister for Finance the applicable VAT rate for tools related to the construction sector for those moving to the state; if he has considered revising such in order to encourage... - Revenue Commissioners
169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek EU funding to cover the costs of purchasing two additional mobile x-ray scanner trucks for the Revenue Commissioners. [67638/25] - Local Authorities
170. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he will accept recommendations made by Dublin City Council to extend the existing boundary for the Living City initiative, as constituents residing at... - Budget 2025
171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether Budget 2025, as presented, complies with the national and EU fiscal rules, including the expenditure benchmark and structural... - Fiscal Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Finance the long-term fiscal risks identified by his Department in relation to rising recurrent spending, falling windfall corporation tax receipts, and age-related... - Tax Data
173. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of recent windfall corporation tax receipts that has been allocated to permanent spending commitments since 2020; if he will provide a... - Departmental Data
176. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 18 November 2025, to provide a further breakdown of the number of properties and multiproperty owners owning over... - Fiscal Policy
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland supports each of the elements of the ‘Compromiso de Seville’, the outcome document from this summer’s financing for... - Budget 2026
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasoning for the decision in Budget 2026 to retain the 9 per cent VAT rate for domestic gas and electricity but not to apply a corresponding reduced VAT... - Tax Code
181. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 11 September 2023, if any work has been carried out by his Department on the potential of reducing the VAT rate...
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