Written answers
Thursday, 3 October 2019
Department of Finance
Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme Data
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the EIIS scheme in each year since its establishment; the cost in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40460/19]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that the number of investors who availed of the Employment and Investment Incentive (EII) Scheme, and its cost to the Exchequer in each year, can be found on page 5 of the EII statistics report on Revenue’s webpage at link: .
The following table sets out the information in tabular form for each year to 2017 (the most recent years for which statistics are available).
Year | Investors | Estimated Tax Cost (1st tranche) €m | Estimated Tax Cost (2nd tranche) €m |
---|---|---|---|
2011/2012 | 1,423 | 15.7 | 3.2 |
2013 | 1,621 | 17.3 | 2.9 |
2014 | 1,731 | 23.3 | 2 |
2015 | 1,979 | 28 | |
2016 | 2,260 | 31 | |
2017 | 1,538 | 18.6 |
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