Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected from energy sources for each year of the past five years; the breakdown of those figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17594/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that it is not possible to furnish actual figures of the VAT take from energy sources, as VAT returns are not required to be completed in a manner that identifies the yield from particular goods and services. However, estimates of the VAT yield on energy sources, derived from non-Revenue statistical data, are as follows:

The revision of figures previously supplied is necessitated following the receipt of more up to date information. Data for 2007 is provisional and subject to further change.