Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 12 Mar 1963

Vol. 200 No. 7

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Manufacture of Cigarette and Pipe Tobacco.

5.

Mr. Coughlan

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.

Dr. Ryan

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)