Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

In April of this year, the Minister for Finance forecast that some €34.4 billion in taxes would be collected this year. The Minister later indicated that the Government was €2 billion shy of that forecast for the nine months to the end of September. The most up-to-date figures will be released in the next few minutes. What is the figure for the overall tax revenue for the year to the end of October? What is the likely impact of that figure on the projected annual revenue forecast for the year? How do the tax revenues for the ten months to the end of October 2009 compare with the figures for the ten months to the end of October 2008?

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