Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual income tax take in 2011 from public service employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41211/12]

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 estimated that the net income tax (inclusive of the Universal Social Charge) collected through the PAYE system from public sector employees in 2011 was approximately €3.6 billion.