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That compares with a deficit of €6.2 billion in the same period last year.

The Department said the €14.1 billion improvement in the Exchequer balance was primarily driven by a decline in Covid-related expenditure and by strong growth in tax revenue.

Tax revenue to end of September just under €58bn

Overall tax revenue for the first nine months of the year came in at just shy of €58 billion, the latest Exchequer Returns from the Department of Finance show.

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