asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from two and a half per cent turnover tax on food and fuel for the year ended 31st March, 1966.

For turnover tax purposes, traders are not required to give returns of their sales of food and fuel separately from other sales. I regret, therefore, that no figures are available which would enable me to supply the estimate requested by the Deputy.

They will have to keep separate accounts in future.

The question does not ask for information of that kind.

But there will have to be separate accounts.

We can discuss that tomorrow when the Bill is before the House.

Could the Parliamentary Secretary say how the income from the selective tax is calculated, if it was not possible to eliminate these items first?

The question refers to the turnover tax.