asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in death duties in the past ten years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Death Duties.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
Year ended 31st March |
*Net Receipts of Estate, etc., Duties |
£ |
|
1958 |
2,680,545 |
1959 |
2,883,556 |
1960 |
3,012,012 |
1961 |
3,193,688 |
1962 |
2,865,439 |
1963 |
3,500,667 |
1964 |
3,530,859 |
1965 |
4,441,826 |
1966 |
4,667,630 |
1967 |
4,638,233 |
TOTAL |
35,414,455 |
*The term Estate, etc., Duties covers Estate Duty (including Probate and Account Duty), Legacy Duty, Succession Duty and Corporation Duty.
I thought the Minister could give it to me in one figure and not ten.
The amount collected in the past ten years was £35,414,455. In an endeavour to be helpful to the Deputy, I am giving him separate figures.
It is fairly constant each year? Does it vary much?
It has gone up from £2.6 million in 1958 to £4.6 million in 1967.