Joanna Tuffy
Ceist:64. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the Revenue Commissioner's year-by-year statistical reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34867/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 7 October 2015
Ceisteanna (64)
Freagraí scríofa
I am advised that the Revenue Commissioners have proactively reviewed both the content and dissemination methods for their publication of statistical information in the recent years. They have moved to provide their most relevant and sought after information in new and more accessible formats for statistics across all of the taxes and duties. Whereas previously information was provided by way of static tables in documents and published as an Annual Revenue Statistical Report, Revenue is now making the same statistical information available to be queried and downloaded in a range of formats.
This makes it much easier for interested parties and researchers or analysts to access and use Revenue's statistics. The information on this webpage is updated in due course, as newer data become available, rather than on an annual basis as previously. This initiative also places Revenue at the forefront of the Government's Open Data programme.
The Revenue Statistics webpage is located at http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/index.html. In relation to income distribution statistics, these are linked from the Revenue statistics webpage and can be accessed directly at http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/pssn/rv01/homepagefiles/rv01_statbank.asp. The information the Deputy queried is available under the "Income Tax and Corporation Tax Distribution Statistics" heading.