Dáil Éireann - Volume 437 - 16 December, 1993 - Written Answers.


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Dáil Éireann - Volume 437 - 16 December, 1993

Written Answers. - Tax Exemptions.

Mr. R. Bruton Mr. R. Bruton

89. Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Social Welfare the cost in each case of exempting the first £1,000 of personal income and of exempting the first £5,000 of personal income from employers' PRSI, from employees' PRSI, the health levy, the youth levy and the temporary income levy.

Minister for Social Welfare (Dr. Woods) Michael J. Woods

Minister for Social Welfare (Dr. Woods): The information requested is set out in the following table. In the case of the temporary income levy, the costs refer only to people earning over £9,000; people below this level of earnings are, in general, already exempt from the levy.

Annual Cost in £ millions

Present Type	£1,000 exemption	£5,000 exemption
Employers' PRSI	111.00	483.79
Employees' PRSI	49.58	216.92
Health Levy	13.21	56.74
Youth Levy	10.80	44.54
Temporary Income Levy	6.70	33.30

Dáil Éireann 437 Written Answers. Tax Exemptions.

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