Written answers
Wednesday, 1 November 2006
Department of Finance
Tax Yield
6:00 am
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty raised on alcohol in each of the years from 2000 to 2005 with a breakdown of the amounts raised in particular from beer, wine and spirits; if specific amounts or percentages of the total are allocated to particular alcohol related programmes; and if so, to specify same. [35669/06]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the excise duty raised on alcohol in respect of the years 2000 to 2005 is as follows:
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | |
| Beer | 475.9 | 435.6 | 477.4 | 455.4 | 458.2 | 457.3 |
| Spirits | 247.1 | 220.9 | 266.5 | 305.0 | 314.9 | 319.8 |
| Wine | 123.8 | 120.9 | 152.2 | 167.8 | 184.8 | 195.1 |
| Cider | 33.3 | 36.1 | 62.1 | 60.4 | 64.2 | 66.1 |
| Total | 880.1 | 813.5 | 958.2 | 988.6 | 1,022.1 | 1,038.3 |
Excise duty raised on alcohol is not allocated to any alcohol related programmes. In general, publicly funded alcohol related programmes are financed from the Exchequer.
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