Pearse Doherty
Question:120. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the tax take both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011. [41513/12]
View answerTuesday, 2 October 2012
Questions (120)
Written answers
As the Deputy may be aware the Department of Finance now has a publicly available databank on its website with comprehensive tax data where this information can be found (http://databank.finance.gov.ie/). Similarly GDP data can be found on the CSO website (www.cso.ie).
The information requested by the Deputy is provided as follows.
|
Year |
Total Tax (€m) |
GDP (€m) |
Total Tax as % of GDP |
|
1992 |
€11,314 |
€40,489 |
27.9% |
|
1993 |
€12,322 |
€43,605 |
28.3% |
|
1994 |
€13,758 |
€46,864 |
29.4% |
|
1995 |
€14,392 |
€53,787 |
26.8% |
|
1996 |
€15,897 |
€58,894 |
27.0% |
|
1997 |
€18,124 |
€68,154 |
26.6% |
|
1998 |
€20,480 |
€78,685 |
26.0% |
|
1999 |
€23,565 |
€90,683 |
26.0% |
|
2000 |
€27,072 |
€105,775 |
25.6% |
|
2001 |
€27,925 |
€117,643 |
23.7% |
|
2002 |
€29,294 |
€130,877 |
22.4% |
|
2003 |
€32,103 |
€140,827 |
22.8% |
|
2004 |
€35,581 |
€150,194 |
23.7% |
|
2005 |
€39,254 |
€163,037 |
24.1% |
|
2006 |
€45,539 |
€177,729 |
25.6% |
|
2007 |
€47,249 |
€188,729 |
25.0% |
|
2008 |
€40,777 |
€178,882 |
22.8% |
|
2009 |
€33,043 |
€161,275 |
20.5% |
|
2010 |
€31,753 |
€156,487 |
20.3% |
|
2011 |
€34,027 |
€158,993 |
21.4% |