Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 November 2015
83. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the cost and the number of companies that benefited from the research and development tax credit, in each year from 2011 to 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42271/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the information is as follows:
|
Year |
Exchequer Cost |
Number of companies |
|
2011 |
€261m |
1,409 |
|
2012 |
€282m |
1,543 |
|
2013 |
€421m |
1,576 |
Published statistics regarding the Research and Development tax credit are available on the Revenue Statistics webpage at http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/costs-tax-expenditures.pdf.
Information for the tax year 2014 is not yet available as the tax returns for this year are still being processed but will be published in due course.
