Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 March 2012
62 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on whether the numbers of lone parents who were taken out of the net for the universal social charge in budget 2012 is available to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13278/12]
View answerI assume the Deputy is referring to the increase in the lower exemption limit for the Universal Social Charge I announced in the last Budget. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that as lone parents who qualify for that increase are not distinguished from other payers of the Universal Social Charge it is not possible to provide a precise estimate of the numbers so qualifying. However, on the basis of available indicative data, it is tentatively estimated that the numbers of lone parents benefiting from the new exemption limit is of the order of 15,000.
