Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 October 2019
70. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the EIIS scheme in each year since its establishment; the cost in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40460/19]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that the number of investors who availed of the Employment and Investment Incentive (EII) Scheme, and its cost to the Exchequer in each year, can be found on page 5 of the EII statistics report on Revenue’s webpage at link: https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/tax-expenditures/eii.aspx.
The following table sets out the information in tabular form for each year to 2017 (the most recent years for which statistics are available).
|
Year |
Investors |
Estimated Tax Cost (1st tranche) €m |
Estimated Tax Cost (2nd tranche) €m |
|
2011/2012 |
1,423 |
15.7 |
3.2 |
|
2013 |
1,621 |
17.3 |
2.9 |
|
2014 |
1,731 |
23.3 |
2 |
|
2015 |
1,979 |
28 |
|
|
2016 |
2,260 |
31 |
|
|
2017 |
1,538 |
18.6 |
|
