Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 July 2016
112. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons about whom the Revenue Commissioners provided data to the Health Service Executive under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 for 2015 and in 2016 to date in tabular form. [23276/16]
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:
|
Year |
No. |
|
2015 |
1,236,788 |
|
2016 to date |
562,537 |
The data supplied by Revenue to the HSE reflect income details returned by self employed taxpayers in their tax return to Revenue or by employers in the P35 return in respect of PAYE employees.
I am advised by Revenue a data exchange agreement is in place with the HSE which sets out the respective roles and responsibilities in connection with data exchanges.
