asked the Minister for Finance (1) the total quantities manufactured in Éire, for each of the ten years ended 31st December, 1962, under each of the following headings: (a) cigarettes, (b) hard-pressed pipe tobacco, (c) other pipe tobacco and (d) snuff; (2) the total amount collected in tobacco duty, in respect of tobacco manufactured in Éire, for each of the ten years ended 31st December, 1962; and (3) the total number employed in the industry for each of those ten years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Manufacture of Cigarette and Pipe Tobacco.
5.
The answer is in the form of tabular statements which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following are the statements:—
(1) QUANTITIES of tobacco products manufactured in the State.
|
Year ended 31st December |
(a) Cigarettes |
(b) Hard pressed pipe tobacco |
(c) other pipe tobacco |
(d) Snuff |
|
lbs. |
lbs. |
lbs. |
lbs. |
|
|
1953 |
13,505,625 |
2,172,807 |
305,398 |
114,781 |
|
1954 |
13,193,888 |
1,991,899 |
295,039 |
107,757 |
|
1955 |
13,625,852 |
1,851,678 |
282,661 |
94,042 |
|
1956 |
12,850,216 |
1,673,153 |
248,632 |
87,332 |
|
1957 |
11,850,351 |
1,607,690 |
221,895 |
79,987 |
|
1958 |
11,095,164 |
1,581,235 |
207,823 |
76,165 |
|
1959 |
11,079,211 |
1,515,239 |
199,633 |
72,951 |
|
1960 |
11,363,258 |
1,458,580 |
196,632 |
66,074 |
|
1961 |
11,800,729 |
1,382,480 |
225,133 |
60,907 |
|
1962 |
11,637,116 |
1,368,943 |
210,906 |
54,677 |
(2) Amount of duty collected in respect of tobacco manufactured in the State.
|
Year ended 31st December |
Amount of duty |
|
£ |
|
|
1953 |
22,646,084 |
|
1954 |
21,214,129 |
|
1955 |
21,499,050 |
|
1956 |
22,759,072 |
|
1957 |
24,694,739 |
|
1958 |
24,540,616 |
|
1959 |
25,097,510 |
|
1960 |
25,103,017 |
|
1961 |
28,870,718 |
|
1962 |
30,261,672 |
(3) AVERAGE number of persons engaged in the tobacco industry in the State.
|
Year ended 31st December |
Number |
|
1953 |
2,771 |
|
1954 |
2,719 |
|
1955 |
2,662 |
|
1956 |
2,567 |
|
1957 |
2,487 |
|
1958 |
2,303 |
|
1959 |
2,257 |
|
1960 |
2,252 |
|
1961 |
2,256 |
|
1962 |
2,300 |
|
(Provisional) |