Domicile levy raises just €2.3m from 13 people

Just €2.3m was collected from 13 individuals in 2015 for the domicile levy, a tax introduced at the height of the recession to target the wealthy — leading to calls for it to now be scrapped by some experts.

The domicile levy was brought in by the late Brian Lenihan, who was finance minister in 2010, to ensure the State received some form of payment from wealthy tax exiles and non-resident Irish people who had paid little income tax.

Individuals liable for the domicile levy are those whose worldwide income exceeds €1m, whose Irish property is greater in value than €5m and whose income tax in a year was less than €200,000.