I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 118 together.
I am informed by Revenue that the reason for the difference in the data provided in Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 26 February 2019 and Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 21 March 2023 is due to the former providing the percentage of the total number of individual cigarettes sold in packs of 20 units and packs exceeding 20 units while the latter provided the total number of cigarettes packs sold as containing 20 units and containing in excess of 20 units.
For clarity, Revenue have provided both sets of the data in the tables below.
Data provided in Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 26 February 2019, which was based on individual cigarettes:
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|
Pack Size
|
Pack Size
|
Year
|
20 cigarettes
|
>20 cigarettes
|
2009
|
100.00%
|
0.00%
|
2010
|
100.00%
|
0.00%
|
2011
|
100.00%
|
0.00%
|
2012
|
95.50%
|
4.50%
|
2013
|
88.90%
|
11.10%
|
2014
|
89.90%
|
10.10%
|
2015
|
86.80%
|
13.20%
|
2016
|
81.50%
|
18.50%
|
2017
|
79.80%
|
20.20%
|
2018
|
77.30%
|
22.70%
|
Data provided in Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 21 March 2023, which was based on cigarette packs:
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|
Data provided in Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 21 March 2023
|
Additional data to aid comparison with Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 26 February 2019
|
Year
|
20 Pack (000’s)
|
> 20 Pack (000’s)
|
Total Pack (000s)
|
20 Pack (%)
|
> 20 Pack (%)
|
2013
|
142,231
|
15,344
|
157,575
|
90.30%
|
9.70%
|
2014
|
142,193
|
13,288
|
155,481
|
91.50%
|
8.50%
|
2015
|
143,129
|
16,992
|
160,121
|
89.40%
|
10.60%
|
2016
|
118,385
|
21,190
|
139,576
|
84.80%
|
15.20%
|
2017
|
141,537
|
27,156
|
168,693
|
83.90%
|
16.10%
|
2018
|
69,111
|
14,826
|
83,937
|
82.30%
|
17.70%
|
2019
|
88,322
|
23,440
|
111,762
|
79.00%
|
21.00%
|
2020
|
101,446
|
21,547
|
122,993
|
82.50%
|
17.50%
|
2021
|
84,365
|
25,403
|
109,768
|
76.90%
|
23.10%
|
2022
|
69,287
|
18,375
|
87,662
|
79.00%
|
21.00%
|