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Commuter Ticket Schemes.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2006

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

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Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

474 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 9 February 2006, if he has now received information from all the main public transport operators in relation to the take up of tax-saver commuter tickets and the amount of revenue foregone; and if he will provide this information to this Deputy. [28306/06]

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The additional information requested by the Deputy has now been received from Bus Éireann and Luas. These are now included in the following revised tables which show ticket sales under this scheme for the years 1999 to 2005. (The 2005 figures have also been revised to reflect end quarter sales.)

1999

Quantity

Monthly Dublin Bus Ticket

290

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

100

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

30

Monthly Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

359

Annual Dublin Bus Ticket

36

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

20

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

7

Annual Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

52

2000

Quantity

Monthly Dublin Bus Ticket

640

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

280

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

57

Monthly Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

680

Annual Dublin Bus Ticket

97

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

53

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

28

Annual Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

117

Bus Éireann

Employer Pass — Monthly

391

Employer Pass – Annual

0

Employer Pass — Roll-Over Annual

0

Cork City – Annual

0

Cork City Suburban – Annual

0

Galway City – Annual

0

Cork City Bus and Rail – Annual

0

2001

Quantity

Monthly Dublin Bus Ticket

3,370

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

1,800

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

700

Monthly Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

4,250

Annual Dublin Bus Ticket

897

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

490

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

340

Annual Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

934

Bus Éireann

Employer Pass – Monthly

585

Employer Pass – Annual

0

Employer Pass — Roll-Over Annual

0

Cork City – Annual

0

Cork City Suburban – Annual

0

Galway City – Annual

0

Cork City Bus and Rail – Annual

0

2002

Quantity

Monthly Dublin Bus Ticket

4,875

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

4,549

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

1,450

Monthly Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

4,224

Annual Dublin Bus Ticket

4,152

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

1,784

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

1,916

Annual Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

3,666

Bus Éireann

Employer Pass – Monthly

676

Employer Pass – Annual

284

Employer Pass — Roll-Over Annual

107

Cork City – Annual

3

Cork City Suburban – Annual

12

Galway City – Annual

11

Cork City Bus and Rail – Annual

4

2003

Quantity

Monthly Dublin Bus Ticket

6,879

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

3,571

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

2,396

Monthly Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

4,183

Annual Dublin Bus Ticket

6,526

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

3,113

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

2,462

Annual Bus/Rail (Dublin Area)

3,297

Bus Éireann

Employer Pass — Monthly

1,307

Employer Pass — Annual

254

Employer Pass — Roll-Over Annual

245

Cork City — Annual

12

Cork City Suburban — Annual

18

Galway City — Annual

35

Cork City Bus and Rail — Annual

4

2004

Quantity

Monthly Dublin Bus Ticket

8,576

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

4,963

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

3,528

Monthly Bus/Rail Ticket (Short Hop)

5,155

Monthly Bus/Luas

388

Annual Dublin Bus Ticket

5,759

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

3,025

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

2,767

Annual Bus/Rail (Short Hop)

4,129

Annual Bus/Luas

184

Luas

729

Bus Éireann

Employer Pass — Monthly

1,732

Employer Pass — Annual

347

Employer Pass — Roll-Over Annual

313

Cork City — Annual

20

Cork City Suburban — Annual

20

Galway City — Annual

62

Cork City Bus and Rail — Annual

8

2005

Quantity

Monthly Dublin Bus Ticket

7,390

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

6,412

Monthly Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

4,609

Monthly Bus/Rail Ticket (Short Hop)

3,995

Monthy Bus and Luas Ticket

2,699

Monthly Dart, Bus and & Luas

45

Monthly Dart & Luas

79

Annual Dublin Bus Ticket

5,669

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Dublin Suburban)

4,259

Annual Irish Rail Ticket (Point to Point)

3,775

Annual Bus/Rail (Short Hop)

3,534

Annual Bus & Luas

925

Annual Dart, Bus and & Luas

30

Anuual Dart & Luas

64

Luas

963

Bus Éireann

Employer Pass — Monthly

1,842

Employer Pass — Annual

327

Employer Pass — Roll-Over Annual

316

Cork City — Annual

15

Cork City Suburban — Annual

17

Galway City — Annual

68

Cork City Bus and Rail — Annual

7

Based on these revised figures, the revenue forgone for 2001 remains the same at €1.1m while the figures for 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 have been revised upwards to €4.4m, €6.6m, €7.7m and €9.7m respectively — these figures assume an average marginal tax rate of 30% plus the value of PRSI/Health levies forgone.

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