Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of stamp duty receipts received by the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24971/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The following table details the Exchequer stamp duty yield in each of the years 2000 to 2005 and in the first five months of 2006 also.

The large increases in stamp duty receipts over the last number of years are due primarily to the continued buoyancy of the property market.