Written answers
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Department of Finance
Excise Duties Yield
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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146. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty collected, by amount and fuel category, on light oil, heavy oil, liquified petroleum gas and substitute fuels in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11205/17]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by Revenue that the amount of Excise Duty and Carbon Tax collected on Light Oil, Heavy Oil, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Substitute Fuels for the years 2014 to 2016 is as outlined in the table that follows. Please note that 2016 data are provisional and may be subject to revision.
| Excise/Carbon | 2014 €m | 2015 €m | 2016 €m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Oil | Excise | Carbon | Excise | Carbon | Excise | Carbon |
| Petrol | 799.1 | 65.7 | 767.9 | 62.3 | 720.4 | 58.5 |
| Aviation Gasoline | 0.5 | 0.02 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 0.6 | 0.04 |
| Substitute Fuels | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.01 | 0.001 |
| Heavy Oil | ||||||
| Auto-Diesel | 1,181.6 | 144.9 | 1,307.5 | 158.1 | 1,408.4 | 171.4 |
| Fuel Oil | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| Marked Gas Oil | 36.0 | 54.2 | 37.3 | 55.0 | 38.0 | 56.1 |
| Kerosene | - | 42.3 | - | 52.8 | - | 52.8 |
| Auto LPG | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Other LPG | - | 7.5 | - | 8.4 | - | 8.8 |
| Substitute Fuels | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.12 |
I am also informed by Revenue that a wide range of additional statistical information on Excise receipts from 2003 to 2015 is available on the Revenue's Statistics webpage at .
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