Written answers
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Department of Finance
Tax Collection
11:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer returns for each of the years 2000 to 2008; the percentage increase or decrease as appropriate; the expenditure for those same years; and the percentage increase or decrease in tabular form. [14211/09]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The audited Exchequer Account is published each year in the Finance Accounts, the most recent of which covers the year 2007. Monthly Exchequer Statements are published on the Department's website and the December 2008 Exchequer Statement provides details on the end-year outturn for 2008. On this basis, the information the Deputy requests is detailed in the table.
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Exchequer Surplus/Deficit (€m) | 3,177 | 653 | 93 | -979 | 33 | -499 | 2,264 | -1,619 | -12,714 |
| Current Expenditure (€m) | 20,634 | 24,009 | 26,126 | 28,747 | 30,764 | 33,496 | 37,090 | 40,896 | 44,693 |
| Percentage Change | 16% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 9% | |
| Capital Expenditure (€m) | 6,527 | 6,020 | 6,868 | 6,678 | 6,729 | 7,847 | 8,662 | 10,019 | 11,043 |
| Percentage Change | -8% | 14% | -3% | 1% | 17% | 10% | 16% | 10% |
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