Duty on alcohol and tobacco
Murphy asked for the duty, including VAT, on beer, spirits, cigarettes and tobacco. Colley supplied a tabular statement; after Keating questioned the need to circulate it, the Ceann Comhairle said Murphy could examine it, and Colley explained it contained 15 figures.
asked the Minister for Finance the amount of duty, including VAT on (a) one pint of beer; (b) one glass of spirits; (c) 20 cigarettes and (d) one ounce of tobacco.
Comment on this
The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
* The duty content shown refers to excise duty. Protective customs duties, which may be chargeable on goods imported from certain countries, are not included.
† The VAT contents are calculated on the basis of representative prices of the commodities affected.
