Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2017
186. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would accrue from increasing the air travel tax from €0 to €3 in 2018; his plans with regard to increasing the air travel tax in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9826/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraFrom 28 February 2012 to the 31 March 2014 the rate of Air Travel Tax (ATT) was charged at €3 per passenger departing from an Irish airport. The year 2013 was the last calendar year where this tax was collected, yielding €34.9m in the full year.
In the absence of any certainty on the number of passengers departing from Irish airports in 2018 and 2019, the revenue that the introduction of an ATT of €3 would yield is estimated to be of the order of between €45m - €50m per annum.
