Billy Kelleher
Question:273. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of the blind persons' tax credit in 2015; and the full-year cost to the Exchequer of same. [36016/15]
View answerTuesday, 20 October 2015
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a wide range of statistical information is available on the Commissioners' Statistics webpage at http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/index.html
There is a section of the Statistics webpage dedicated to Tax Expenditures at http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/index.html#section9, where the table titled "Costs of Tax Expenditures (Credits, Allowances and Reliefs)" includes information in relation to the numbers availing and costs of the Blind Person's Credit.