Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2014
190. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Finance the number of County Waterford companies or persons that have availed of the seed capital scheme since the start of 2011; and the cumulative amount of income tax claimed under the scheme over that period. [48315/14]
View answer192. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Finance the number of investors or companies based in County Waterford that have availed of the employment and investment incentive scheme over the past four years; and the overall amount of relief claimed during that period. [48318/14]
View answer194. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies and persons based in County Waterford that have successfully taken up the Revenue Commissioners' job assist scheme in the past three years. [48321/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 190, 192 and 194 together.
The overall costs of the various schemes requested by the Deputy are published on the Revenue Commissioners Statistics webpage at http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/index.html, under the files headed "Costs of Credits, Allowances and Reliefs". Costs are published up to tax year 2012 (the most recent currently available) and will be updated in due course.
In relation to the Seed Capital Scheme, I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that their obligation to observe confidentiality for taxpayers and the relatively small number of taxpayers involved precludes them from providing the information requested.
In relation to the Employment and Investment Incentive, I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that claims for the relief in question are not captured in such a way as to provide a basis for compiling the information sought on a county basis.
In relation to the Revenue Job Assist Scheme, the numbers availing in County Waterford are 13, 40 and 42 for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. The Deputy will be aware that this scheme has ceased for new claimants and that it has been replaced by the JobsPlus scheme operated by the Department of Social Protection.
It should be noted that, where available, county level breakdowns require a degree of estimation and may be subject to change.
