John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown on the take-up of the Revenue job assist programme by employers; if he will clarify if figures on the number of jobs created under the scheme are available; and if it is possible to provide this information on a constituency or area-specific basis. [31514/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Sections 472A and 88A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provide tax incentives for both employers and employees, to help the long-term unemployed to return to employment. The relevant information available in relation to the numbers of employees and employers who availed of the Revenue Job Assist scheme for the income tax years 2010 and 2011 respectively, the latest years for which the necessary detailed information is available, is set out in the following table (to the extent that it is available).

An estimated breakdown of the figures on a geographical basis is available on the basis of Revenue tax regions and is set out as follows.

*While the tax affairs of some employers are dealt with in the Large Cases Division the tax affairs of their employees are dealt with in other Revenue regions.

It should be noted that the region associated with an employee is the region in which wages and salaries are paid by the employer even though the employee may work or reside elsewhere. The information relating to the breakdown of employees by Revenue tax regions is based on income returns contained in Revenue records at the time the data were compiled for analytical purposes, representing approximately 93% of all returns expected. These are lower than the total figures provided in the earlier part of this reply because the latter, in accordance with normal practice, are grossed-up at aggregate level to adjust for the perceived level of incompleteness.