Pearse Doherty
Question:203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total tax take as a percentage of GNP from 1992 to 2012. [1895/13]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013
203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total tax take as a percentage of GNP from 1992 to 2012. [1895/13]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware the Department of Finance has a publicly available databank on its website with comprehensive tax data where this information can be found (http://databank.finance.gov.ie/). Similarly GNP data can be found on the CSO website (www.cso.ie). The estimate for 2012 GNP is taken from the Budget 2013 publication and is rounded to the nearest €25 million.
The information requested by the Deputy is provided.
Year |
Total Tax (€m) |
GNP |
Total Tax as % of GNP |
€ Million |
€ Million |
% |
|
1992 |
€11,314 |
€35,998 |
31.4% |
1993 |
€12,322 |
€38,943 |
31.6% |
1994 |
€13,758 |
€42,146 |
32.6% |
1995 |
€14,392 |
€47,634 |
30.2% |
1996 |
€15,897 |
€52,027 |
30.6% |
1997 |
€18,124 |
€59,660 |
30.4% |
1998 |
€20,480 |
€68,739 |
29.8% |
1999 |
€23,565 |
€77,133 |
30.6% |
2000 |
€27,072 |
€90,287 |
30.0% |
2001 |
€27,925 |
€98,668 |
28.3% |
2002 |
€29,294 |
€107,182 |
27.3% |
2003 |
€32,103 |
€119,103 |
27.0% |
2004 |
€35,581 |
€127,316 |
27.9% |
2005 |
€39,254 |
€138,776 |
28.3% |
2006 |
€45,539 |
€154,465 |
29.5% |
2007 |
€47,249 |
€162,209 |
29.1% |
2008 |
€40,777 |
€153,565 |
26.6% |
2009 |
€33,043 |
€132,911 |
24.9% |
2010 |
€31,753 |
€130,202 |
24.4% |
2011 |
€34,027 |
€127,016 * |
26.8% |
2012 |
€36,646** |
€130,850 *** |
28.0% |
Rounding may affect totals
*2011 GNP figure is based on a preliminary outturn
**2012 Tax outturn are provisional unaudited figures
***2012 GNP figure is taken from Budget 2013 forecasts