Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 May 2026
78. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of earners in Ireland now paying the higher rate of income tax; the way that figure compared with 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38167/26]
View answer79. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of earners in Ireland now paying the higher rate of income tax, broken down per year from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38168/26]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together.
The Deputy may wish to note that Revenue publishes data on the number of taxpayer units subject to the higher rate of income tax (40%) for the years 2019 to 2023, which are the latest years available for statistical analysis, on its website in their “taxpayers by tax band” publication, which is available on the Revenue Statistics webpage at:
www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/income-distributors/taxpayers-tax-band.pdf
