asked the Minister for Finance the number of litres of petrol sold and the amount of excise duty collected (a) nationally and (b) in County Monaghan in each year from 1982 to 1985, inclusive.
Written Answers. - Excise Duty on Petrol.
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Statistics are not compiled in such a manner as would enable the information requested at (b) of the Deputy's question to be given. Particulars of the total quantities of petrol on which excise duty was paid and of the net excise duty receipts in the years in question are as follows:
|
Year |
Duty paid quantities of petrol(million litres) |
Net receipts of excise duty from petrol£m |
|
1982 |
1321.7 |
244.1 |
|
1983 |
1232.4 |
275.0 |
|
1984 |
1192.6 |
282.1 |
|
1985 |
1149.4 |
291.5 |
|
(Provisional) |