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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 May 2013

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Ceisteanna (507)

Niall Collins

Ceist:

507. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form the number of films classified by the Irish Film Classification Office per annum from 2000 to 2012; the rank of classification per annum from 2000 to 2012; the number of films banned by the IFCO per annum from 2000 to 2012; the total fees charged per annum for classification from 2000 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25079/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice and Equality

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the Tables below. It might be noted that the 16 certificate was introduced by the then Film Censor in 2004, which is the reason for the extra classification category from 2004 onwards.

Table 1: Films classified by the Irish Film Classification Office, 2000 - 2012, by rank of classification.

Year	G	PG	12PG	15PG		18	Total No. of Films classified
2000	20	21	29	72		47	189
2001	27	20	29	75		45	196
2002	17	19	36	73		40	185
2003	11	23	40	91		48	213
Year	G	PG	12A	15A	16	18
2004	10	31	61	90	7	50	249
2005	14	39	55	71	43	30	252
2006	18	36	53	94	42	22	265
2007	15	51	46	109	41	22	284
2008	21	50	65	86	55	20	297
2009	22	50	56	103	57	19	307
2010	23	49	66	115	41	23	317
2011	37	37	87	87	51	19	318
2012	27	33	94	116	52	14	336

Table 2: No. of Films Banned by IFCO, 2000 to 2012.

YEAR	No. of Films Banned
2000	0
2001	0
2002	0
2003	1 (overturned on appeal)
2004	0
2005	0
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	0

Table 3: Fees Charged by IFCO for Classification of Films, 2000 to 2012.

YEAR	Fees
2000	IR£129,900
2001	IR£120,188
2002	€155,355
2003	€167,917
2004	€246,801
2005	€271,340
2006	€206,186
2007	€247,282
2008	€268,542
2009	€286,409
2010	€305,884
2011	€284,507
2012	€271,394