Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 May 2015
141. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of cigarettes and the amount of tobacco seized by law enforcement in 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date, detailing the number of cigarettes seized for each brand and the percentage of total confiscated cigarettes accounted for by each brand. [19707/15]
View answerI am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the number of cigarettes and amount of tobacco seized by them in 2013, 2014 and 2015 (to 14 May), are as set out in the following table:
|
|
2013 |
2014 |
2015 (to 14/05/2015) |
|
Cigarettes |
40.8m |
53.4m |
22.5m |
|
Tobacco |
4,203 Kgs |
9,823 Kgs |
673 Kgs |
I am further advised that some 456 brands were found in product seized in 2013, 463 brands in 2014 and 316 brands to date in 2015. Details of those brands that represented 1 per cent or more of the total seizures in each year are listed in the following tables.
2013 Cigarettes seized by brand
|
Brand |
Volume |
% |
|
GOLD CLASSIC |
10,796,140 |
26.43 |
|
MODENG |
10,000,000 |
24.48 |
|
BENSON & HEDGES |
3,813,773 |
9.34 |
|
MARLBORO GOLD |
1,477,749 |
3.62 |
|
PALACE |
1,279,140 |
3.13 |
|
MARLBORO |
1,144,489 |
2.80 |
|
L&M BLUE |
990,883 |
2.43 |
|
SEPTWOLVES |
850,357 |
2.08 |
|
WINSTON |
790,200 |
1.93 |
|
EMAIL RED |
644,120 |
1.58 |
|
CK |
605,400 |
1.48 |
|
EIGHT |
407,750 |
1.00 |
2014 Cigarettes seized by brand
|
Brand |
Volume |
% |
|
FEST |
15,621,000 |
29.23 |
|
D&D |
10,086,620 |
18.87 |
|
FREE |
7,190,800 |
13.45 |
|
PECT |
2,634,260 |
4.93 |
|
MARLBORO GOLD |
2,048,318 |
3.83 |
|
WINSTON BLUE |
1,647,220 |
3.08 |
|
BENSON & HEDGES |
1,643,379 |
3.07 |
|
MARLBORO |
1,445,920 |
2.71 |
|
MINSK CAPITAL (SUPERSLIM) |
945,760 |
1.77 |
|
L&M BLUE |
890,817 |
1.67 |
|
SEPTWOLVES |
541,576 |
1.01 |
2015 Cigarettes seized by brand (year to date)
|
Brand |
Volume |
% |
|
DON |
10,398,820 |
46.11 |
|
MANCHESTER |
7,680,000 |
34.06 |
|
MARLBORO GOLD |
581,168 |
2.58 |
|
MARLBORO |
449,221 |
1.99 |
|
SEPTWOLVES |
252,752 |
1.12 |
|
NZ |
246,760 |
1.09 |
|
BENSON & HEDGES |
222,864 |
1.00 |
