Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax forgone under the section 481 tax relief in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3036/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the estimated amount of tax forgone under Section 481 tax relief in each of the past ten years is as follows:

Film Tax Relief

*Cost is provisional and may be revised.

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the section 481 tax relief scheme to the computer game industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3037/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The cost of extending to the computer game industry a tax relief similar to the scheme for film relief operating under section 481 would depend on the level of uptake by investors and the amounts invested. I am not therefore in a position to provide such an estimate.