It is the highest monthly total on record if the one-off Apple windfall is not included, and is €2.7 billion ahead of the figure for the same month last year.

Ireland's highly concentrated tax base has been revealed in new data

Jack Chambers said Budget 2025 has “the common good at its core” and provides a “unique” opportunity to provide for people and to transform Ireland

Minister for Finance Michael McGrath said this reflected a timing issue that "will almost certainly be made up" later this year

Income tax was up 2.9 per cent from January 2023