PN deputy leader Mario de Marco said today that the Opposition on Friday tabled three Parliamentary questions in relation to the statistics on public finance issued by the National Statistics Office July 31.
The questions concerned the extraordinary increase in two revenue streams, namely customs and excise duty and grants.
These shot up by 62 per cent and 56 per cent respectively. Without these extraordinary, possibly one-off increases, the deficit in the first half of this year would have been at par with the deficit of the corresponding period last year, over €250 million.
The answer to these questions, Dr de Marco said, was relevant to determine whether government finances were being handled in a sustainable manner.