Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Finance the number of those with an income of €80,000 and more per annum; and the number of those with an income of €100,000 and more per annum. [40247/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the estimated number of income earners earning more than €80,000 per year, estimated by reference to the income tax year 2012, is 180,100 and the corresponding number earning more than €100,000 per year is 104,600. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred. The figures are an estimate from the Revenue tax-forecasting model using actual data for the year 2010 adjusted as necessary for income and employment trends in the interim. They are, therefore, provisional and likely to be revised. It should be noted that a married couple who has elected or has been deemed to have elected for joint assessment is counted as one tax unit.