As the Deputy may be aware the Department of Finance now has a publicly available databank on its website with comprehensive tax data where this information can be found (http://databank.finance.gov.ie/). Similarly GDP data can be found on the CSO website (www.cso.ie).
The information requested by the Deputy is provided as follows.
Year
|
Total Tax
(€m)
|
GDP
(€m)
|
Total Tax
as
% of GDP
|
1992
|
€11,314
|
€40,489
|
27.9%
|
1993
|
€12,322
|
€43,605
|
28.3%
|
1994
|
€13,758
|
€46,864
|
29.4%
|
1995
|
€14,392
|
€53,787
|
26.8%
|
1996
|
€15,897
|
€58,894
|
27.0%
|
1997
|
€18,124
|
€68,154
|
26.6%
|
1998
|
€20,480
|
€78,685
|
26.0%
|
1999
|
€23,565
|
€90,683
|
26.0%
|
2000
|
€27,072
|
€105,775
|
25.6%
|
2001
|
€27,925
|
€117,643
|
23.7%
|
2002
|
€29,294
|
€130,877
|
22.4%
|
2003
|
€32,103
|
€140,827
|
22.8%
|
2004
|
€35,581
|
€150,194
|
23.7%
|
2005
|
€39,254
|
€163,037
|
24.1%
|
2006
|
€45,539
|
€177,729
|
25.6%
|
2007
|
€47,249
|
€188,729
|
25.0%
|
2008
|
€40,777
|
€178,882
|
22.8%
|
2009
|
€33,043
|
€161,275
|
20.5%
|
2010
|
€31,753
|
€156,487
|
20.3%
|
2011
|
€34,027
|
€158,993
|
21.4%
|