asked the Taoiseach the estimated total expenditure on alcohol in 1977, 1978, and 1979; and the estimated number of persons in the Republic aged 18 years and over in each of these years.
Written Answers. - Alcohol Expenditure.
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It is estimated that the total personal expenditure on alcoholic drink in 1977 and 1978 was £422 million and £485 million, respectively. Corresponding information for 1979 is not yet available.
An up-to-date breakdown of the total population in different age-groups will not be available until further results from the census of population 1979 are published in the autumn of this year.