Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 June 2022
188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 394 and 395 of 14 June 2022, the number of persons availing of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, on an individual level given that the PAYE data on employee pension contributions is now reported to the Revenue Commissioners. [33268/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 394 and 395 of 14 June 2022, the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, on an individual level given that the PAYE data on employee pension contributions is now reported the Revenue Commissioners. [33269/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together.
I am advised by Revenue that the number of individuals making pension contributions through employment in 2019, broken down by income range is published on the Revenue website at www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/research/pmod-statistics-paper.pdf (Table 7).
I am also advised by Revenue that deductions to taxable income take place at a taxpayer unit level, where individuals who are jointly assessed are treated as one taxpayer unit, and their taxable income and tax liability is computed on the totality of their incomes, credits, deductions and reliefs. Therefore, it is not possible to provide an estimate of tax relief on pension contributions at an individual level. The analysis on a taxpayer unit level is available on the Revenue website at www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/income-distributions/pension-contributions.aspx.
