Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of VAT receipts received this year to date; the way in which this compares to the same period in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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VAT receipts paid to the Exchequer in the year to end-September 2005 amounted to €9,578 million. This compares to a figure of €8,504 million in the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%. This increase has been driven by strong growth in the domestic economy and, in particular, in personal consumption expenditure.