Financial Instruments
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-21
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Grace Boland (FG), Dublin Fingal West

I thank the Tánaiste. I very much welcome that update. It is good to hear that the roadmap will be published in advance of the budget, though it is disappointing to note that the Revenue Commissioners cannot actually track the amount of revenue to the Exchequer.
On the issue of removal, the reality is that under the current regime, a retail investor in an ETF faces a much higher tax rate and earlier taxation and cannot offset losses compared with someone investing directly in shares. Low-risk, diversified investing is taxed earlier and more heavily than speculative stock picking. Therefore, we really need to do something for parents who are looking to the future and those who weathered really bad times in the 1970s and 1980s and know how important it is to put money away for a rainy day but who are seeing the value of their savings eroded through inflation and very low deposit rates.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-21