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Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax

2023-10-10 Carried Dáil Éireann Division Question put:
90Tá
47Níl
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While I do not have a problem with the State's policy of taxing tobacco products and trying to discourage people from smoking, I would question at what point it becomes counterproductive, in that taxing cigarettes just means people are going to smoke imported cigarettes or that there is a far greater incentive to illegally import cigarettes. We say that taxation is working and is stopping people from smoking but how do we know it is the taxation that is stopping people from smoking rather than the Government health warnings?

I do not want to see people smoke but, at the same time, I do not agree with penalising people who do smoke and are addicted, whether they cannot stop smoking or do not want to do so, by increasing the cost of their box of cigarettes by 75 cent.

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Tellers

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Michael Healy-Rae and Danny Healy-Rae.

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Question again put: Carried 78–69

Tá

90
  • FF Fianna Fáil 33
  • FG Fine Gael 31
  • GP Green Party 12
  • IND Independent 8
  • LAB Labour 6
FF Aindrias Moynihan Cork North-West
FF Anne Rabbitte Galway East
FF Barry Cowen Laois-Offaly
FF Brendan Smith Cavan-Monaghan
FF Cathal Crowe Clare
FF Charlie McConalogue Donegal
FF Christopher O'Sullivan Cork South-West
FF Cormac Devlin Dún Laoghaire
FF Darragh O'Brien Dublin Fingal
FF Jack Chambers Dublin West
FF Jackie Cahill Tipperary
FF James Browne Wexford
FF James Lawless Kildare North
FF James O'Connor Cork East
FF Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Carlow-Kilkenny
FF Jim O'Callaghan Dublin Bay South
FF Joe Flaherty Longford-Westmeath
FF John Lahart Dublin South-West
FF John McGuinness Carlow-Kilkenny
FF Mary Butler Waterford
FF Michael Moynihan Cork North-West
FF Micheál Martin Cork South-Central
FF Niall Collins Limerick County
FF Niamh Smyth Cavan-Monaghan
FF Norma Foley Kerry
FF Paul McAuliffe Dublin North-West
FF Pádraig O'Sullivan Cork North-Central
FF Robert Troy Longford-Westmeath
FF Sean Fleming Laois-Offaly
FF Seán Haughey Dublin Bay North
FF Stephen Donnelly Wicklow
FF Thomas Byrne Meath East
FF Willie O'Dea Limerick City
FG Alan Dillon Mayo
FG Alan Farrell Dublin Fingal
FG Bernard Durkan Kildare North
FG Brendan Griffin Kerry
FG Charles Flanagan Laois-Offaly
FG Ciarán Cannon Galway East
FG Colm Brophy Dublin South-West
FG Colm Burke Cork North-Central
FG David Stanton Cork East
FG Emer Higgins Dublin Mid-West
FG Fergus O'Dowd Louth
FG Frankie Feighan Sligo-Leitrim
FG Heather Humphreys Cavan-Monaghan
FG Helen McEntee Meath East
FG Hildegarde Naughton Galway West
FG Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Dún Laoghaire
FG Joe McHugh Donegal
FG John Paul Phelan Carlow-Kilkenny
FG Josepha Madigan Dublin Rathdown
FG Kieran O'Donnell Limerick City
FG Leo Varadkar Dublin West
FG Martin Heydon Kildare South
FG Michael Creed Cork North-West
FG Michael Ring Mayo
FG Neale Richmond Dublin Rathdown
FG Patrick O'Donovan Limerick County
FG Paul Kehoe Wexford
FG Peter Burke Longford-Westmeath
FG Richard Bruton Dublin Bay North
FG Simon Coveney Cork South-Central
FG Simon Harris Wicklow
GP Brian Leddin Limerick City
GP Catherine Martin Dublin Rathdown
GP Eamon Ryan Dublin Bay South
GP Francis Noel Duffy Dublin South-West
GP Joe O'Brien Dublin Fingal
GP Malcolm Noonan Carlow-Kilkenny
GP Marc Ó Cathasaigh Waterford
GP Neasa Hourigan Dublin Central
GP Ossian Smyth Dún Laoghaire
GP Patrick Costello Dublin South-Central
GP Roderic O'Gorman Dublin West
GP Steven Matthews Wicklow
IND Cathal Berry Kildare South
IND Denis Naughten Roscommon-Galway
IND Marc MacSharry Sligo-Leitrim
IND Marian Harkin Sligo-Leitrim
IND Matt Shanahan Waterford
IND Michael McNamara Clare
IND Peter Fitzpatrick Louth
IND Verona Murphy Wexford
LAB Alan Kelly Tipperary
LAB Aodhán Ó Ríordáin Dublin Bay North
LAB Brendan Howlin Wexford
LAB Duncan Smith Dublin Fingal
LAB Ivana Bacik Dublin Bay South
LAB Seán Sherlock Cork East

Níl

47
  • SF Sinn Féin 31
  • IND Independent 10
  • PBP People Before Profit–Solidarity 5
  • I4C Independents 4 Change 1
SF Aengus Ó Snodaigh Dublin South-Central
SF Brian Stanley Laois-Offaly
SF Chris Andrews Dublin Bay South
SF Claire Kerrane Roscommon-Galway
SF Darren O'Rourke Meath East
SF David Cullinane Waterford
SF Denise Mitchell Dublin Bay North
SF Dessie Ellis Dublin North-West
SF Eoin Ó Broin Dublin Mid-West
SF Imelda Munster Louth
SF John Brady Wicklow
SF Johnny Guirke Meath West
SF Johnny Mythen Wexford
SF Louise O'Reilly Dublin Fingal
SF Mairéad Farrell Galway West
SF Mark Ward Dublin Mid-West
SF Martin Browne Tipperary
SF Martin Kenny Sligo-Leitrim
SF Matt Carthy Cavan-Monaghan
SF Maurice Quinlivan Limerick City
SF Pa Daly Kerry
SF Pat Buckley Cork East
SF Patricia Ryan Kildare South
SF Paul Donnelly Dublin West
SF Pauline Tully Cavan-Monaghan
SF Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Donegal
SF Ruairí Ó Murchú Louth
SF Réada Cronin Kildare North
SF Seán Crowe Dublin South-West
SF Sorca Clarke Longford-Westmeath
SF Thomas Gould Cork North-Central
IND Carol Nolan Laois-Offaly
IND Danny Healy-Rae Kerry
IND Mattie McGrath Tipperary
IND Michael Collins Cork South-West
IND Michael Fitzmaurice Roscommon-Galway
IND Michael Healy-Rae Kerry
IND Richard O'Donoghue Limerick County
IND Seán Canney Galway East
IND Thomas Pringle Donegal
IND Violet-Anne Wynne Clare
PBP Bríd Smith Dublin South-Central
PBP Gino Kenny Dublin Mid-West
PBP Mick Barry Cork North-Central
PBP Paul Murphy Dublin South-West
PBP Richard Boyd Barrett Dún Laoghaire
I4C Joan Collins Dublin South-Central

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