Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public sector workers earning between €100,000 and €110,000, €110,000 and €120,000, €120,000 and €130,000, €130,000 and €140,000, €140,000 and €150,000, €150,000 and €160,000, €160,000 and €170,000, €170,000 and €180,000, €190,000 and €200,000, €200,000 and €250,000, €250,000 and €300,000, €300,000 and €350,000, €350,000 and €400,000, €400,000 and €450,000, €450,000 and €500,000; and the number of public sector workers earning in excess of €500,000. [42158/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No: 39451/09 which was based on earnings data supplied by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the income tax year 2007, which is the latest year for which data is available. Because of the obligation by the Revenue Commissioners to conserve confidentiality in relation to the taxation affairs of individual tax payers, the breakdown by income bands requested by the Deputy is not provided in relation to incomes in excess of €220,000 due to the small numbers of income earners with incomes in excess of that level.

The income figures supplied includes public service income and income earned from other sources for that year. The data also includes various forms of income from public sources to groups that would not normally be regarded as being employed within the public service, e.g. those receiving fees, those on State Boards etc. It should also be noted that as the data dates from 2007, it does not reflect developments since then; in particular the revised contracts for Hospital Consultants which are being implemented this year.