Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of commencement of employment notices that were issued by the Revenue Commissioners for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47622/14]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of commencement of employment notices that were issued by the Revenue Comissioners for the County Limerick area for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47623/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 and 59 together.

At the outset I should point out that the Revenue Commissioners do not issue commencement of employment notices.  They do however issue a Tax Credit Certificate to an employer to facilitate the correct operation of PAYE and USC, where they have been notified of a new employment.

I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the number of employments with a commencement date within the respective years is set out in the table below.  It should be noted that these figures do not equate to the number of new employees or the number of new employments created as the figures include the effects of employment churn and the fact that some employees hold multiple employments.