asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of (a) customs fines imposed by the Courts, and (b) compromise penalties accepted by the Revenue Commissioners in lieu of the institution of legal proceedings in respect of alleged customs offences in each of the last seven years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Customs Penalties.
5.
Mr. Ryan
As the answer includes a tabular statement I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the information in so far as it is available and can be given without undue expenditure of official time:
A. Customs penalties imposed by the Courts.
|
Year |
Number |
Amount |
||
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
||
|
1957 |
46 |
12,162 |
9 |
3 |
|
1958 |
135 |
61,261 |
15 |
6 |
|
1959 |
121 |
13,279 |
18 |
6 |
|
1960 |
94 |
12,595 |
19 |
6 |
|
1961 |
47 |
5,121 |
15 |
0 |
|
1962 |
26 |
2,248 |
0 |
0 |
|
1963 |
10 |
375 |
1 |
6 |
B. Compromise penalties accepted by Revenue Commissioners in respect of alleged Customs offences.
|
Year |
Number |
Amount |
|
£ |
||
|
1959 |
41 |
4,463 |
|
1960 |
40 |
8,657 |
|
1961 |
62 |
15,589 |
|
1962 |
51 |
23,688 |
|
1963 |
54 |
10,553 |
NOTE:— The figures in Table B include only compromise penalties of £50 or more. Large numbers of compromise penalties of lesser amounts are accepted for minor customs offences in respect of passengers' baggage, parcel and letter post, customs entry documentation, etc. The extraction of the number and amount of all these penalties or of penalties accepted earlier than 1959 would entail an excessive expenditure of official time and money.
6.
Mr. Ryan
asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of (a) customs fines imposed by the Courts, and (b) compromise penalties accepted by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of incidents at (i) Dublin Airport, (ii) Shannon Airport, (iii) Cork Airport, (iv) Dún Laoghaire Harbour, (v) Dublin Harbour, (vi) Cork and Cobh Harbours, and (vii) Rosslare Harbour in each of the last three years.
As the answer includes a tabular statement I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the information:
(a)
|
Place |
Year |
Number |
Amount |
|
£ |
|||
|
Dublin Airport |
1962 |
1 |
100 |
|
Dublin Port (including Amiens Street Station) |
1961 |
1 |
100 |
No other customs penalties were imposed by the Courts in the years 1961/63 in respect of incidents at the places mentioned in the Question.
(b) Compromise Penalties accepted by the Revenue Commissioners.
|
Place |
Year |
Number of compromise penalties accepted |
Amount (to nearest £) |
|
£ |
|||
|
Dublin Airport |
1961 |
218 |
1,223 |
|
1962 |
177 |
1,205 |
|
|
1963 |
142 |
1,327 |
|
|
Shannon Airport |
1961 |
3 |
18 |
|
1962 |
8 |
40 |
|
|
1963 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
|
Cork Airport |
1961 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
1962 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
|
1963 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
|
Dún Laoghaire Harbour |
1961 |
49 |
293 |
|
1962 |
90 |
215 |
|
|
1963 |
59 |
187 |
|
|
Dublin Port (including Amiens Street Stattion) |
1961 |
90 |
947 |
|
1962 |
69 |
793 |
|
|
1963 |
67 |
523 |
|
|
Cork and Cobh Ports |
1961 |
15 |
324 |
|
1962 |
34 |
670 |
|
|
1963 |
4 |
52 |
|
|
Rosslare Harbour |
1961 |
5 |
27 |
|
1962 |
7 |
32 |
|
|
1963 |
9 |
36 |