Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons his Department believe to be self-employed in the State, and therefore, do not receive the pay-as-you-earn tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the estimated number of income earners who are self-employed or proprietary directors and are not in receipt of the PAYE tax credit is 220,000 and 83,200 respectively. The number given for the self-employed relates to income earners whose main source of income is from non-PAYE sources.

All figures above are estimates for 2015, using the actual data for the year 2012 (the latest year for which data are available) adjusted as necessary for income, self-employment and employment trends in the interim. They are provisional and may be revised. A married couple or civil partners who have elected or have been deemed to have elected for joint assessment are counted as one tax unit.