Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if the income exemption limits that apply to the new levy introduced in 2009 are to be calculated excluding social welfare income which is not subject to the levy. [16271/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that all payments made by the Department of Social and Family Affairs, and similar type payments made by other government departments and agencies, are specifically exempted from the income levy and are disregarded for the purposes of determining an individual's income for the application of the income levy.