asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected in the year ended 31st March, 1974, on drugs, medicines, medical and surgical appliances, and so on.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - VAT on Medicines.
120.
No tax is collected on oral medicines as they are subject to the zero-rate.
As regards the other items, returns made by taxpayers for value-added tax purposes give only the total turnover from all activities carried on by them and the appropriate tax. It is not possible, therefore, to state the amounts collected from any particular item or group of items.