Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual income tax take in 2010 from public service employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37905/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the information sought by the Deputy is not directly available from the data maintained by them. However, on the basis of an estimation of the sectoral distribution of taxes collected annually, Revenue has tentatively estimated that the net income tax collected through the PAYE system from the public sector employees in 2010 was approximately €2.8 billion.