David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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171. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline revenue as a percentage of GDP for each of the years 2002 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22077/16]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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General government revenue is estimated for Governement Finance Statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and is defined under the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010).  It is the wider definition of revenue that is used in the calculation of the General Government Balance.

The following table details the latest figures as published by the CSO in the Government Income and Expenditure July 2016.  Caution is needed in interpreting the 2015 figure given that the level of GDP rose substantially in that year on foot of a number of exceptional factors that have limited, if any, impact on actual living standards in Ireland.