Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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133. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of individual income taxpayers, total income and the total universal social charge paid for each of the gross income ranges (details supplied) based on the most recent data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49489/14]

Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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134. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of individual income taxpayers, total income and the total tax paid for each of the gross income ranges (details supplied) based on the most recent data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49497/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 134 together.

I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a wide range of statistical information is available on the Commissioners' new, enhanced, Statistics webpage: .

There is a section of the Statistics webpage dedicated to Income Tax and Corporation Tax data and in this section detailed information on the breakdowns of gross income, Income Tax and Universal Social Charge (USC) by income range are available. These are found at the following link , under the heading "Income Tax and Corporation Tax Distribution Statistics", tables RVA01 (for Income Tax) and RVA03 (for USC).

This recently released facility provides breakdowns on the annual distribution of Income Tax from 2004 to 2012 using the Central Statistics Offices data toolset. Whereas previously information of this nature was provided by way of static tables in documents, these data are now published in a format which may now be dynamically accessed by a range of user defined queries.

Figures are available currently for years up to 2012, the last year for which returns have been filed and fully processed. Updates will be published in due course.

The income ranges included in the Revenue statistics do not match exactly those sought by the Deputy but they are broadly similar. I am advised by the Commissioners that providing a more detailed breakdown of income earners among the higher income ranges is not possible, to ensure the confidentiality of taxpayer information held by Revenue.