Childcare Services Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 November 2018

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Questions (149, 150, 151, 165)

Anne Rabbitte

Question:

149. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of employees that have availed of childcare as a benefit-in-kind in each year since 2005. [48865/18]

Anne Rabbitte

Question:

150. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of employers that provide childcare either onsite or offsite as a benefit-in-kind to their employees in tabular form. [48866/18]

Anne Rabbitte

Question:

151. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the rate at which childcare benefits under the benefit-in-kind scheme are taxed by one, two, three, four, five and six percentage points. [48869/18]

Fiona O'Loughlin

Question:

165. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of employees that avail of childcare as a benefit-in-kind from their employer. [49068/18]

Written answers

Minister for Finance

I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 to 151, inclusive, and 165 together.

I am advised by Revenue that Benefit-In-Kind is declared on tax returns as a total figure rather than by individual benefit type. Therefore, there is no basis available to separately compile the numbers of employees availing of childcare as a Benefit in Kind, or the number of employers providing childcare as a Benefit in Kind.

Regarding Question No. 151, as the value of childcare as a Benefit in Kind cannot be isolated, it is also not possible to estimate the costs of reducing the rate of Income Tax on childcare.