Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the estimated €1 billion saving to the Exchequer referred to in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 4 February 2009; if relief for these deductions and reliefs was confined to the standard rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6012/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a breakdown of the savings to the Exchequer, estimated to be of the order of €1 billion, from confining to the standard rate of income tax those deductions and reliefs which are allowable for tax at an individual's marginal rate is set out as follows for the year 2005, the most recent year for which the necessary detailed information is available except where otherwise stated. As I stated in my previous reply, this estimate does not take into account any possible behavioural change on the part of taxpayers as a consequence of such a change or the economic effect of such a change. This applies in particular to the BES, Film Relief, Pensions Contribution Relief and Capital Allowances regime. The standard rating of employee pension reliefs would also have an impact on workers' take home pay.