David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people availing of the rent-a-room tax relief; the cost to the State of this relief in 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45322/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the most recent year for which the necessary detailed statistical information is available in relation to the Rent-a-Room Scheme is the income tax year 2005. In that year, an estimated 2,820 claimants availed of the tax exemption at an estimated cost to the Exchequer of €3.3 million.