Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 November 2012
89. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the total payments to the Exchequer resulting from the carbon tax in each of the years since its introduction to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the energy sources oil, gas and so on from which tax revenues have been collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50435/12]
View answerI am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the total payments to the Exchequer resulting from the introduction of Carbon Tax are shown in the following tables.
|
Carbon Tax |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 (10Mths) |
|
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
Auto Diesel |
98.41 |
97.53 |
107.17 |
|
Petrol |
65.09 |
60.11 |
62.37 |
|
Aviation Gasoline |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
|
Kerosene |
16.99 |
40.52 |
28.54 |
|
MGO |
27.03 |
48.95 |
44.16 |
|
Fuel Oil |
1.57 |
2.33 |
1.86 |
|
LPG (other) |
2.59 |
5.43 |
4.94 |
|
Auto LPG |
0.04 |
0.20 |
0.20 |
|
Natural Gas |
11.32 |
43.13 |
37.47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
223.08 |
298.23 |
286.75 |
|
Value Added Tax |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 (10Mths) |
|
(Estimated) |
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
Auto Diesel |
2.07 |
2.05 |
2.46 |
|
Petrol |
13.67 |
12.62 |
14.35 |
|
Aviation Gasoline |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
Kerosene |
2.29 |
5.47 |
3.85 |
|
MGO |
3.65 |
6.61 |
5.96 |
|
Fuel Oil |
- |
- |
- |
|
LPG (other) |
0.35 |
0.73 |
0.67 |
|
Auto LPG |
0.01 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
|
Natural Gas |
0.92 |
3.49 |
3.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
22.96 |
31.03 |
30.38 |
Please note that the VAT receipts are estimated, as the VAT returns do not require the yield from a particular sector or sub-sector of trade to be identified and the actual VAT yield for each category cannot therefore be determined.
