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Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Department of Finance

Excise Duties Yield

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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55. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from the sale of petrol and white diesel in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2195/18]

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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56. To ask the Minister for Finance the excise generated, either actual or estimated, from non-commercial vehicles for petrol and diesel for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2209/18]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 56 together.

I am advised by Revenue that information regarding Excise receipts and carbon tax from the sale of petrol and diesel for the years 2014 to 2016 is published on the Revenue statistics website at: www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/excise/receipts-volume-and-proce/excise-receipts-commodity.aspx.

As VAT returns do not require the yield from a particular activity or product to be separately identified, the VAT generated from the sale of motor fuel to non taxable persons cannot be identified from Revenue data. However an estimate of the VAT revenue generated from the sale of petrol and white diesel is provided in the following table.

Estimated VAT Yield €m
YearPetrolDiesel
2014423154
2015364166
2016319177

Regarding Question 2209/18, I am advised by Revenue that Excise returns do not provide for a breakdown of receipts from different vehicle types. The information is therefore not available to Revenue to provide an estimate of the Excise generated from the sale of petrol and diesel to non commercial vehicles alone.

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