asked the Minister for Justice if he will state (a) the number of £2 gun licences issued in the year 1944; (b) the number of 5/- gun licences issued in the same period, and (c) the uses made of the moneys accruing from those licences.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Gun Licences.
Mr. Boland
The answers to the Deputy's question are as follows:—(a) 10,881; (b) 64,140—of these, 2,362 were second or subsequent licences issued to the holders of £2 licences in respect of shotguns other than those covered by the £2 licences; (c) all moneys received in respect of firearms licences are paid into the Exchequer.