Written answers
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
Department of Finance
Tax Yield
9:00 pm
Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent)
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Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the Exchequer current account surplus per each of the years 1998 to 2006 inclusive; and the current account surplus in general Government balance basis for each of the years 1998 to 2006 inclusive. [7319/07]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The following table below provides the details requested by the Deputy.
| Year | Current Surplus (Exchequer) | % GNP | Current Surplus GGB basis | % GDP |
| â'¬m | % | â'¬m | % | |
| 1998 | 2,649 | 3.9 | 2,911 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 4,345 | 5.6 | 5,546 | 6.1 |
| 2000 | 6,967 | 7.8 | 7,301 | 7.0 |
| 2001 | 4,727 | 4.8 | 4,953 | 4.2 |
| 2002 | 5,399 | 5.1 | 3,493 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 4,410 | 3.8 | 4,209 | 3.0 |
| 2004 | 5,619 | 4.5 | 5,828 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 6,353 | 4.7 | 4,940 | 3.1 |
| 2006 | 9,151 | 6.1 | 7,586 | 4.3 |
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