asked the Minister for Finance if he will state for each of the last three years the amounts collected in customs fines from passengers travelling with luggage in respect of the following places: (a) Dublin Airport, (b) Shannon Airport, (c) Cork Airport, (d) Dún Laoghaire Harbour, (e) Dublin Port, (f) Cork and Cobh Ports, (g) Rosslare Harbour and (h) land frontier customs posts.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Customs Fines.
26.
Mr. Ryan
The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
AMOUNTS collected in customs fines from passengers travelling with luggage.
|
Place |
Period |
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|
Year 1959 |
Year 1960 |
Year 1961 |
First 9 months of 1962 |
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|
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
Dublin Airport |
40 |
19 |
6 |
758 |
16 |
10 |
1,222 |
18 |
10 |
576 |
7 |
3 |
|
Shannon Airport |
39 |
17 |
10 |
77 |
9 |
0 |
18 |
7 |
10 |
39 |
10 |
8 |
|
Cork Airport* |
— |
— |
Nil |
Nil |
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|
Dún Laoghaire Harbour |
35 |
14 |
0 |
17 |
7 |
5 |
293 |
7 |
5 |
137 |
0 |
5 |
|
Dublin Port (including Amiens Street Station) |
133 |
10 |
8 |
176 |
9 |
9 |
178 |
16 |
8 |
43 |
11 |
11 |
|
Cork and Cobh Ports |
9 |
1 |
6 |
48 |
17 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rosslare Harbour |
2 |
8 |
0 |
23 |
16 |
8 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
|
Land Frontier customs posts |
524 |
2 |
9 |
1,200 |
6 |
7 |
1,053 |
17 |
3 |
253 |
15 |
1 |
*Cork Airport was opened in October, 1961.