The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the Tables below. It might be noted that the 16 certificate was introduced by the then Film Censor in 2004, which is the reason for the extra classification category from 2004 onwards.
Table 1: Films classified by the Irish Film Classification Office, 2000 - 2012, by rank of classification.
Year
|
G
|
PG
|
12PG
|
15PG
|
|
18
|
Total No. of Films
classified
|
2000
|
20
|
21
|
29
|
72
|
|
47
|
189
|
2001
|
27
|
20
|
29
|
75
|
|
45
|
196
|
2002
|
17
|
19
|
36
|
73
|
|
40
|
185
|
2003
|
11
|
23
|
40
|
91
|
|
48
|
213
|
Year
|
G
|
PG
|
12A
|
15A
|
16
|
18
|
|
2004
|
10
|
31
|
61
|
90
|
7
|
50
|
249
|
2005
|
14
|
39
|
55
|
71
|
43
|
30
|
252
|
2006
|
18
|
36
|
53
|
94
|
42
|
22
|
265
|
2007
|
15
|
51
|
46
|
109
|
41
|
22
|
284
|
2008
|
21
|
50
|
65
|
86
|
55
|
20
|
297
|
2009
|
22
|
50
|
56
|
103
|
57
|
19
|
307
|
2010
|
23
|
49
|
66
|
115
|
41
|
23
|
317
|
2011
|
37
|
37
|
87
|
87
|
51
|
19
|
318
|
2012
|
27
|
33
|
94
|
116
|
52
|
14
|
336
|
Table 2: No. of Films Banned by IFCO, 2000 to 2012.
YEAR
|
No. of Films
Banned
|
2000
|
0
|
2001
|
0
|
2002
|
0
|
2003
|
1 (overturned on appeal)
|
2004
|
0
|
2005
|
0
|
2006
|
0
|
2007
|
0
|
2008
|
0
|
2009
|
0
|
2010
|
0
|
2011
|
0
|
2012
|
0
|
Table 3: Fees Charged by IFCO for Classification of Films, 2000 to 2012.
YEAR
|
Fees
|
2000
|
IR£129,900
|
2001
|
IR£120,188
|
2002
|
€155,355
|
2003
|
€167,917
|
2004
|
€246,801
|
2005
|
€271,340
|
2006
|
€206,186
|
2007
|
€247,282
|
2008
|
€268,542
|
2009
|
€286,409
|
2010
|
€305,884
|
2011
|
€284,507
|
2012
|
€271,394
|