Seán Kenny
Question:174 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Finance the number of beer, wine and spirits off licences issued in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8220/12]
View answerTuesday, 14 February 2012
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the numbers of beer, wine and spirits off licences issued for the calendar years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 are as follows:
|
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
|
Numbers Issued |
Numbers Issued |
Numbers Issued |
Numbers Issued |
Numbers Issued |
|
|
Spirit Retailer’s Off Licence |
1,487 |
1,770 |
1,537 |
1,722 |
57 |
|
Beer Retailer’s Off Licence |
1,525 |
1,779 |
1,541 |
1,732 |
58 |
|
Wine Retailer’s Off Licence |
3,718 |
3,705 |
3,206 |
3,405 |
136 |
|
Total |
6,730 |
7,254 |
6,284 |
6,859 |
251 |
These licences are issued either singularly such as "Wine Retailer's Off Licence" or in combinations such as Spirits and/or beer, and/or wine. Off licences can also be issued in combination with Wholesale Dealer licences. Therefore, the above figures reflect the actual number of each category of licence issued and cannot be taken to reflect either numbers of licensees or premises. The second issue to note is that as the figures above relate to the calendar year and not the licence year, which runs from 1st October to 30th September, it is possible for a licensee to be reflected twice in the above figures. The Deputy may be interested to note that statistical annual data of this nature is available on the Revenue Commissioners website www.revenue.ie and the link to specific data in relation to excise is at: http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/publications/statistical/2010/index.html Current year data regarding liquor licences, which includes premises and licensee information and is updated on a monthly basis, is available to the public at: http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/excise/index.html
The most recent publication is as of 7th February 2012.