Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which stamp duty receipts in 2006 to date compare with the corresponding period in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25308/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the Exchequer stamp duty receipts and the corresponding year-on-year growth rates for the period to end-May for each of the years from 2000 onwards.

The large year-on-year increases in Stamp duty receipts in recent years are due primarily to the continued buoyancy of the property market.