Written answers

Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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55. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made and amount of tax relief generated under section 848A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended by the Finance Act 2013 in each of the years 2013 to 2017. [10694/18]

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made and amount of tax relief generated under section 848A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, in each of the years 2010 to 2013. [10695/18]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 56 together.

I am advised by Revenue that the number of donors and the Exchequer cost of donations to Approved Bodies for the years 2010 to 2015 (the latest year for which data is available), are published in the ‘Cost of Tax Expenditures’ table which is available on Revenue’s website at:

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A summary of the information is set out in the following table:

Year Exchequer cost of donations (€million)Number of applications
2010€51.1146,800
2011€47.1140,400
2012€46.8138,000
2013€45135,200
2014€27.6124,600
2015€38.1148,300

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