Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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125. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the tax relief on private rented accommodation in each of the years from 2000 to 2017, in tabular form. [6867/18]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who benefitted from the tax relief on private rented accommodation in each of the years from 2000 to 2017, in tabular form. [6868/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 126 together.

I assume the Deputy is referring to the Rent Tax Credit, which was a credit available to those paying for private rented accommodation. This included rent paid for flats, apartments or houses. It did not include rent paid to local authorities. The credit has been phasing out for a number of years and remained available only to persons who were renting on 7 December 2010. The credit ceased to be available after 31 December 2017.

I am advised by Revenue that the numbers availing of the Rent Tax Credit and the cost associated with the provision of this credit are available on Revenue’s website in tabular form for the years 2004 to 2015 (the latest year for which comprehensive data are currently available) at . Information for the years 2000 to 2003 is shown in Revenue’s statistical reports for those years, available at: .