Financial Resolution No. 1 provides for the excise duty increases on tobacco products with effect from midnight tonight. The increase amounts to €1, inclusive of VAT, on a packet of 20 cigarettes in the most popular price category, together with pro rata increases for other tobacco products. The pro rata increase on the price of a typical pouch of roll-your-own tobacco will increase by €1.38 to €26.34.
I will speak to Financial Resolution No. 2 on the VAT on gas and electricity. I want to speak to Financial Resolution No. 1 on the increase in the price of cigarettes and tobacco products. The Minister has moved Financial Resolution No. 1----- A Cheann Comhairle, I will just make a comment with regard to the loss to the Exchequer resulting from illicit tobacco products coming into our State----- Yes. -----because of the excessive prices of legal products here.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Richard Boyd Barrett.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 81–62 |
| Question put: "That Financial Resolution No. 3 be agreed to." | Carried | 89–53 |
| Question put: "That Financial Resolution No. 4 be agreed to". | Carried | 87–52 |
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