Written answers
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Department of Finance
Tax Collection
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of PAYE construction workers and the tax paid by these workers between 2008 and 2014. [2244/15]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I assume that the Deputy is referring to the amount of Income Tax paid in respect of PAYE construction workers. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that Income Tax paid in respect of PAYE construction workers, as well as the numbers of employments for such workers, for the period 2008 to 2013, the latest year figures are available for, is shown as follows.
| Year | Number of Employments | PAYE Income Tax and USC €m |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 251,244 | 714 |
| 2009 | 170,739 | 468 |
| 2010 | 132,144 | 289 |
| 2011 | 117,012 | 349 |
| 2012 | 107,992 | 355 |
| 2013 | 110,675 | 367 |
It should be noted that these figures refer to PAYE employments in the construction sector. An individual PAYE employee may have one or more employments in a year. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that on the basis of P35 returns received, the number of individual PAYE employees in the construction sector for the same period is shown as follows.
| Year | Number of Employees |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 149,938 |
| 2009 | 98,240 |
| 2010 | 77,789 |
| 2011 | 64,513 |
| 2012 | 52,011 |
| 2013 | 64,999 |
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