asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of estate, legacy and succession duties which would have been payable since the abolition of duties had such duties not been abolished.

It is estimated that estate, legacy and succession duties would have yielded the following amounts in the years from 1976 to 1981, inclusive, if they had not been abolished in 1975 and had continued unchanged since then: 1976, £21 million; 1977, £26 million; 1978, £34 million; 1979, £44 million; 1980, £50 million; 1981, £55 million.

Of these receipts, only about 10 per cent would have been referable to legacy and succession duties.

Will the Minister indicate how those estimated amounts compare with actual receipts from the taxes that replaced them, namely, the capital acquisitions tax, the gifts tax and so on?

The Deputy will know from his experience of answering questions that that is an entirely separate question. If the Deputy wants the information he should put down a question.

Is the information in the Minister's brief?

No, but there is no reason it should be. It is an entirely separate question.

The Minister is happy it is not in his brief.

I will be delighted to give the information on the next appropriate occasion.