Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
132. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for 2013 and 2014 and for 2015 to date the number of persons concerning whom the Revenue Commissioners provided data to the Health Service Executive, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013. [29721/15]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that the number of individuals about whom data has been provided, on request, to the Health Service Executive (HSE) under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 is as follows:
|
Date |
No. of persons |
|
October to December 2013 |
247,093 |
|
2014 |
965,340 |
|
2015 to date |
558,658 |
The nature of the data supplied by Revenue to the HSE generally consists of details of income returned by the taxpayer in their tax return or, in the case of PAYE taxpayers, income details provided by their employer. It should be noted that for a significant number of individuals in respect of whom Revenue receives requests from the HSE, Revenue would have no income details on its records for those persons because, for example, their only source of income is a pension from the Department of Social Protection. These individuals are included in the numbers shown in the table above.
I am advised by Revenue that a Data Exchange Agreement has also been signed by both organisations which sets out their respective roles and responsibilities in connection with data exchanges.
