Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 July 2016
181. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if the capacity exists to analyse income brackets per age group, for instance the number of persons aged 32 who are earning above the average industrial wage. [22331/16]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that while Revenue holds information on ages of taxpayers, this information is not complete and therefore may not provide for a robust analysis of income by age bracket. In addition, I am further advised that Revenue's incomes data primarily reflects those cases in employment or self-employment and does not contain a complete picture of incomes from social welfare sources. Notwithstanding the above caveats, Revenue and my Department would always attempt to produce any analysis requested by a Deputy if this is feasible and can be done accurately.
