Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2019
145. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of illicit tobacco products and non-Irish paid tobacco here; the percentage of these products that are cigarettes, illicit whites and counterfeit or the relevant applicable breakdown for same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3077/19]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that it jointly conducts an annual survey with the HSE’s Office of Tobacco Control to provide an estimate of the level of illegal tobacco usage in Ireland.
The 2017 ‘Illegal Tobacco Products Research Survey’ contains the information requested by the Deputy for the years 2009 to 2017 and is available on the Revenue website at link: https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/research/illegal-tobacco-survey-2017.pdf .
Results from the 2018 survey, which was carried out in October and November of last year, are currently being analysed and will be published in due course.
