Written answers
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Department of Finance
Customs and Excise
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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112. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal monitor for excise duty receipts for May 2020 or the most recent date for 2020, by category in tabular form; the increase or decrease of each category from the same period in 2018 and 2019, inclusive in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9638/20]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that the most recent month for which data are available is April 2020. The net Excise duty receipts for April for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 together with the relevant increase or decrease are shown in the following table.
| April 2018 | April 2019 | April 2020 | April 2020 compared to April 2019 | April 2020 compared to April 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| €m | €m | €m | €m | €m | |
| Alcohols | 110.8 | 93.2 | 103.4 | 10.2 | -7.4 |
| Tobacco | 4.7 | 94.6 | 68.5 | -26.0 | 63.9 |
| Oils | 175.1 | 181.2 | 161.0 | -20.2 | -14.1 |
| Carbon Tax | 44.9 | 36.8 | 45.9 | 9.1 | 1.0 |
| VRT | 74.8 | 80.9 | 24.5 | -56.4 | -50.3 |
| Betting | 11.7 | 20.5 | 15.1 | -5.4 | 3.4 |
| Licences | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.4 | -1.0 |
| Sugar Tax | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| Total | 423.1 | 510.4 | 422.5 | -87.9 | -0.6 |
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