Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Finance the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7388/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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My Department only deals with legislative, policy and budgetary matters for citizens in general. We have no role in assessing the means of actual individual citizens. From time to time my Department carries out theoretical exercises on the effect of proposed tax changes on theoretical individuals in certain income groups, however this does not entail an assessment of individual means.