Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 17 Apr 1991

Vol. 407 No. 1

Written Answers. - Petroleum Products VAT and Excise Duties Yields.

Noel Dempsey

Question:

132 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Finance the total income to the State from VAT and excise duties on (a) petrol (b) auto diesel and (c) auto gas for each of the last three years; and the volume of auto fuel in litres which this represents for each of those years.

Minister for Finance (Mr. A. Reynolds)

The information requested by the Deputy in so far as it is available is as follows:

Quantities and total net receipts (Excise and VAT)

Item	1988	1989	1990(Provisional)
(litres '000)	£m	(litres '000)	£m	(litres '000)	£m
Petrol	1,137,701	453.2	1,162,005	479.7	1,168,655	473.3
Auto Diesel	637,861	140.1	713,328	158.1	788,311	175.3
Auto Gas (LPG)	13,970	3.0	10,388	2.5	11,400	1.8

Note: VAT returns are not furnished in a manner which would enable the yield from particular items to be identified. It is the practice to estimate the yield on an annual basis using non-VAT statistical data.