Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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269. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, in tabular form. [22937/22]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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270. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, in tabular form. [22938/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together.

I am advised by Revenue that the available information in relation to the cost of tax relief on pension contributions is available on the Revenue website at: www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/tax-expenditures/costs-tax-expenditures.pdf.

The information includes the number of taxpayers availing of the relief as well as the total cost, broken down by year, to the tax year 2018, the latest year for which data are currently available. The information at the link above reflects the totals for each year.

Information on pension contributions at individual (employee) level was not separately recorded on tax returns prior to 2019. However, following changes to the PAYE system, the information sought by the Deputy for 2019 will become available in due course. 2019 data is currently being processed and verified and will be published on the Revenue website once this verification process is complete.