I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the monthly seizures of cigarettes and tobacco in 2011 and 2012, and this year to 31 May, are as detailed in the following tables.
2011
Month
|
Cigarette Seizures
|
Number of Cigarettes Seized
|
Tobacco Seizures
|
Quantity Seized (Kilograms)
|
January
|
789
|
10,939,140
|
111
|
472
|
February
|
822
|
8,091,205
|
134
|
133
|
March
|
1,155
|
10,794,099
|
132
|
210
|
April
|
777
|
5,435,572
|
73
|
121
|
May
|
1,133
|
7,848,277
|
128
|
321
|
June
|
831
|
20,834,846
|
133
|
205
|
July
|
752
|
11,029, 341
|
109
|
2,724
|
August
|
934
|
3,087,755
|
172
|
2,497
|
September
|
997
|
14,093,544
|
165
|
2,840
|
October
|
847
|
2,674,637
|
118
|
714
|
November
|
867
|
2,380,390
|
95
|
283
|
December
|
684
|
11,882,143
|
131
|
638
|
2012
Month
|
Cigarette Seizures
|
Number of Cigarettes Seized
|
Tobacco Seizures
|
Quantity Seized (Kilograms)
|
January
|
654
|
1,625,944
|
116
|
621
|
February
|
731
|
2,139,561
|
93
|
336
|
March
|
723
|
1,870,649
|
105
|
306
|
April
|
652
|
43,068,330
|
95
|
137
|
May
|
819
|
7,601,016
|
115
|
773
|
June
|
696
|
2,110,869
|
126
|
272
|
July
|
676
|
8,379,138
|
160
|
263
|
August
|
618
|
1,315,452
|
103
|
273
|
September
|
738
|
13,274,574
|
141
|
360
|
October
|
663
|
9,612,366
|
117
|
281
|
November
|
724
|
2,621,542
|
127
|
1,392
|
December
|
417
|
1,986,889
|
97
|
262
|
2013
Month
|
Cigarette Seizures
|
Number of Cigarettes Seized
|
Tobacco Seizures
|
Quantity Seized (Kilograms)
|
January
|
507
|
1,496,741
|
94
|
325
|
February
|
494
|
1,255,479
|
125
|
536
|
March
|
551
|
1,946,456
|
98
|
248
|
April
|
457
|
990,767
|
94
|
104
|
May
|
548
|
4,327,337
|
114
|
1,058
|