Written answers
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Department of Finance
Excise Duties Yield
Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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214. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated from imposing an extra 2 cents on a pint of alcohol or a packet of twenty cigarettes into the Exchequer. [24148/13]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the yield from an extra 2 cents on a pint of beer would be €13.8 million in a full year and the yield from an extra 2 cents on a packet of twenty cigarettes would be €3.1 million in a full year.
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