Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022
199. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance the annual expenditure from the Revenue Commissioners towards additional healthcare expenses for a child from 2017-2021; the average annual relief claimed for child oncology patients in tabular form. [12899/22]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that the cost of relief from income tax in respect of health expenses, for years up to 2018, the most recent tax year for which data are currently available, can be found in Revenue’s Costs of Tax Expenditures report, which is published at http://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/tax-expenditures/costs-expenditures.aspx. The information for 2019 will be available at the same link in the coming weeks. The information for years 2020 and 2021 is not yet available.
I am further advised that, as taxpayers are not required to provide a detailed breakdown of health expenses on their tax returns, it is not possible to provide the specific information requested by the Deputy in relation to relief for child oncology expenses.
For the convenience of the Deputy, the following table sets out the relevant tax costs for 2017 and 2018 for health expenses, as data for 2019, 2020 and 2021 are not yet available.
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2017 |
2018 |
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€ millions Numbers |
€ millions Numbers |
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Health Expenses (Excluding Nursing Homes) |
141.4 482,200 |
155.5 522,800 |
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Health Expenses (Nursing Homes Only) |
31 7,100 |
34.7 7,700 |
