Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals assessed by the Revenue Commissioners on income arising from US social security pensions in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2809/12]

Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals assessed by the Revenue Commissioners on income arising from UK social security pensions in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2810/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 76 together.

I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that individuals are not required when completing their tax returns to separately identify the country of origin of a foreign pension.

I am further informed by the Revenue Commissioners that income tax returns for the 2008 tax year and earlier tax years did not require a distinction to be made between different types of foreign pensions and, consequently, specific information on the number of individuals returning foreign social security pensions is not available for those years. The relevant statistical information as regards the number of individuals who returned foreign pensions in their tax returns for the tax years 2006 to 2008 is as follows –

For the tax year 2009 (the most recent tax year for which complete information is available), foreign pensions are segregated as to State Welfare pensions and other pensions. The relevant statistical information as regards the number of individuals who returned foreign pensions in their tax return for the 2009 tax year is as follows -