Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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168. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers registered on the RCT, e-RCT and C45 tax systems working in construction from 2002 to 2015. [22053/16]

Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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169. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of construction workers paying pay as you earn and the pay as you earn tax take for each year from 2002 to 2015. [22054/16]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together.

I am advised by Revenue that the total number of contractors, i.e. principal and sub-contractors, operating within the Relevant Contracts Tax (RCT) system for the years 2005 to 2015 is as follows:

The information provided from 2012 onwards relates to the number of active principal and sub-contractors who received a payment that falls within the RCT regime.  For years prior to 2012, the figures represent the number of active registrations for those years.  Accurate data for years prior to 2005 is not available. The variation in the numbers before 2012 reflects a significant amount of work undertaken to update the RCT register with the introduction of the electronic RCT system. In the time available, I am advised by Revenue that they are not in a position to provide a breakdown of the numbers sought based on the distribution between the three sectors that are subject to RCT, namely construction, forestry and meat processing.  However, I am advised that the construction sector represents approximately 97% of the figures hereunder.

The number of PAYE employments in the sectors covered by the RCT system and the value of the levies and charges and PAYE collected is as follows:

Accurate data for years prior to 2005 is unavailable. It should be noted that an individual PAYE employee may have one or more employment in a year.