Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax accruing to the Exchequer in each of the past five years; the amount received in the past ten months of 2010; the number of Irish companies which paid corporation tax in 2010 to date and the amount paid to the Exchequer; the number of foreign direct investment companies which paid corporation tax to date in 2010 and the amount paid to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43208/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The total Exchequer yield from corporation tax in each of the years requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the number of corporation tax-liable companies in 2008, the most recent year for which a figure is available, was 54,273. However, the Revenue Commissioners inform me that it is not possible to identify from their records companies which fall within the categories of Irish or foreign direct investment companies.