Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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254. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated primary Exchequer surplus for 2021. [25521/20]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department publishes a full set of economic and fiscal forecasts twice a year, in the Stability Programme Update in the spring and in the Budget in October.

My officials are currently producing an updated set of economic and fiscal forecasts as part of preparation for Budget 2021. These forecasts will be published in the Budget documentation and will include the projected Exchequer balance for next year, taking into account all revenue and expenditure developments to date.

In addition to this, the ‘white paper’, the estimates of receipts and expenditure for this year and next in a no policy change scenario, will be published prior to Budget 2021, on Friday, October 9th.