CSO: Govt deficit falls below 6%
Ireland's Government deficit recorded a fall in the final quarter of last year, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office today.
The CSO figures say the Government deficit stood at €2.278bn in the last three months of 2013, or 5.7% of quarterly GDP.
That is down from 6.2% (€2.51bn) in the same period of 2012.
Government revenue in Q4 2013 (€16.376bn) was higher than Q4 2012 revenue (€15.99bn) due to increased tax revenue, social contributions and investment income.
