Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT which was received on petrol in the first nine months of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33114/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the information to be furnished on VAT returns does not require the yield from particular products to be identified. However, based on clearances of petrol on which excise duty has been paid it is estimated that the amount of VAT generated on sales in the first nine months of 2006 was € 323.5 million. The VAT treatment of petrol is in accordance with EU law with which Irish law must comply.

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the increase in tax receipts that have resulted from increased house prices in 2006. [33199/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The stamp duty yield from residential properties in 2005 amounted to €945m.

The stamp duty yield from residential property in the period January-August 2006 was €810m. The equivalent figure for the same period in 2005 was €574m.