asked the Minister for Finance if he will state in respect of the period from 1st April, 1959 to the last available date, and similarly for the preceding year, the amount of excise revenue obtained from (1) beer (2) betting (3) entertainments (4) licence duties (5) matches (6) spirits (7) cars (8) table waters (9) bookmaking premises (10) cider and (11) other heads of excise duty.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Revenue from Excise Duties.
6.
As the answer is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
|
Heading |
Net receipts of Excise duty in respect of period ended |
|
|
31st January, 1959. |
31st January, 1960.† |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Beer |
7,445,681 |
7,680,000 |
|
Betting |
833,626 |
745,000 |
|
Entertainments |
1,300,487 |
1,124,000 |
|
Licence Duties |
344,022 |
345,000 |
|
Matches |
358,996 |
379,000 |
|
Spirits |
4,458,440 |
4,446,000 |
|
*Cars—Tyres |
288,486 |
327,000 |
|
Table Waters |
235,071 |
279,000 |
|
Bookmaking Premises |
14,920 |
15,000 |
|
Cider and Perry |
27,664 |
35,000 |
|
Other Heads of Excise Duties |
4,769 |
4,682,000 |
|
TOTAL |
15,312,162 |
20,057,000 |
The figure for Other Heads for the period ended 31-1-'60 viz., £4,682,000 includes £3,824,000 in respect of Mineral Hydrocarbon Light Oil and £857,000 in respect of Hydrocarbon Oil, Other Sorts. The corresponding figures for Oils in the period ended 31-1-'59 were £6 and £3,937 respectively. Production of oils in the Whitegate Refinery commenced during the summer of 1959.
*Does not include revenue collected under the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952.
†The figures in this column are approximate.