Written answers

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the tax take both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011. [41513/12]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware the Department of Finance now has a publicly available databank on its website with comprehensive tax data where this information can be found (http://databank.finance.gov.ie/). Similarly GDP data can be found on the CSO website (www.cso.ie ).

The information requested by the Deputy is provided as follows.

Year
Total Tax (€m)
GDP (€m)
Total Tax as % of GDP
1992
€11,314
€40,489
27.9%
1993
€12,322
€43,605
28.3%
1994
€13,758
€46,864
29.4%
1995
€14,392
€53,787
26.8%
1996
€15,897
€58,894
27.0%
1997
€18,124
€68,154
26.6%
1998
€20,480
€78,685
26.0%
1999
€23,565
€90,683
26.0%
2000
€27,072
€105,775
25.6%
2001
€27,925
€117,643
23.7%
2002
€29,294
€130,877
22.4%
2003
€32,103
€140,827
22.8%
2004
€35,581
€150,194
23.7%
2005
€39,254
€163,037
24.1%
2006
€45,539
€177,729
25.6%
2007
€47,249
€188,729
25.0%
2008
€40,777
€178,882
22.8%
2009
€33,043
€161,275
20.5%
2010
€31,753
€156,487
20.3%
2011
€34,027
€158,993
21.4%

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