Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
349. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Finance the figures of both successful and unsuccessful applications for all property tax relief schemes; if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer by county for each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40161/22]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that it publishes on its website information giving the details, the number of claimants and the estimated tax cost of a range of property-based tax reliefs up to 2018. Further details for 2019 and 2020 will be added to this publication in the coming weeks, while data for 2021 will be available next year once tax returns for 2021 have been received and processed. Taxpayers who are eligible to claim these tax reliefs do so on their annual tax return and therefore Revenue does not hold information in relation to unsuccessful applications.
In relation to a breakdown of the tax cost of property-based tax reliefs, the tax returns do not capture the location of the property for most of these reliefs. Instead, the table below provides a breakdown of the tax cost by the address of the taxpayer claiming the relief, for both 2019 and 2020. Data for 2021 will be available next year once tax returns for 2021 have been received and processed.
|
County |
Cost 2019 €m |
Cost 2020 €m |
|
Carlow |
0.6 |
0.5 |
|
Cavan |
1.4 |
1.4 |
|
Clare |
1.8 |
1.9 |
|
Cork |
7.4 |
6.3 |
|
Donegal |
0.7 |
0.5 |
|
Dublin |
15.8 |
10.5 |
|
Galway |
3.3 |
2.3 |
|
Kerry |
3.1 |
3.0 |
|
Kildare |
1.6 |
1.1 |
|
Kilkenny |
1.8 |
1.7 |
|
Laois |
0.9 |
0.9 |
|
Leitrim |
1.2 |
1.2 |
|
Limerick |
2.9 |
2.2 |
|
Longford |
1.7 |
1.1 |
|
Louth |
0.4 |
0.2 |
|
Mayo |
1.6 |
1.1 |
|
Meath |
1.8 |
1.6 |
|
Monaghan |
0.3 |
0.3 |
|
Offaly |
1.6 |
1.3 |
|
Roscommon |
1.9 |
1.7 |
|
Sligo |
1.5 |
1.0 |
|
Tipperary |
2.3 |
1.7 |
|
Waterford |
3.1 |
1.5 |
|
Westmeath |
1.2 |
1.4 |
|
Wexford |
1.2 |
1.0 |
|
Wicklow |
1.6 |
4.2 |
|
Total |
63 |
52 |
