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# excise duty

This year
2023
Alcohol Action express disappointment as no new measures for booze announced in Budget 2024
Alcohol Action Ireland and the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland have both express disappointment – for different reasons.
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Oct 10th 2023, 7:22 PM
Average price for a packet of cigarettes now €16.75 after 75 cent tax hike
This compares to 50 cent in the previous seven Budgets.
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Oct 10th 2023, 1:43 PM
Eamon Ryan claims Green Party is the 'most effective' junior coalition partner in Irish history
Ryan told his colleagues at the party’s think-in that the Greens have “learnt from the past” and are determined to play a “decisive role”.
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Sep 15th 2023, 5:19 PM
Motorists face increased costs as price of petrol and diesel set to rise from tomorrow
Prices are also likely to increase in pubs and restaurants as the 9% VAT rate for hospitality ends today.
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Aug 31st 2023, 9:29 AM
There has been an average of 152 pub closures a year in Ireland since 2019
Analysis from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland shows a decline of 1,937 (22.5%) of pubs in Ireland since 2005.
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Aug 23rd 2023, 6:00 AM
Petrol prices: Donohoe defends excise rate increase, says not doing so would cost €700m
Donohoe said: “It’s really important that we remove the tax reductions as the price of fuel itself has come down.”
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Jun 1st 2023, 2:19 PM
Full tank of petrol to rise by €3.60, diesel by €3 as excise duty cuts expire at midnight
Rates were cut last March and will return to previous levels in three increments.
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May 31st 2023, 10:05 AM
Last year
2022
Government not planning to reduce excise duty on alcohol following Heineken price rise
The company announced yesterday that it is increasing its keg prices by 9%.
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Nov 11th 2022, 3:56 PM
Petrol prices: Consumer watchdog receives almost 200 complaints in two weeks
The CCPC has urged anyone with information about cartel behaviour and collusion to come forward as a whistleblower.
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Mar 23rd 2022, 3:23 PM
Taoiseach says fuel price gouging 'morally reprehensible' as watchdog receives 25 more complaints
It comes after allegations of price gouging by service station chains were aired in Dáil Éireann yesterday.
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Mar 10th 2022, 6:25 PM
'Panic buying will only make the situation worse,' say Ireland's oil and fuel suppliers
Oil suppliers are limiting the amount they are selling to high volume customers.
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Mar 8th 2022, 2:58 PM
All time
Most packets of cigarettes will now cost €15 after 50c tax hike
This is the sixth year in a row the price has increased by that amount.
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Oct 12th 2021, 1:44 PM
A pack of 20 cigarettes will now cost €13.50
The minister did not announce any change to excise duty on alcohol products.
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Oct 8th 2019, 2:02 PM
Drinks industry calls for drop in 'uncompetitive' alcohol tax as sterling value continues to fall
The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland called for a 15% reduction in the tax by 2021.
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Sep 16th 2019, 10:19 PM
Drinking wine in Ireland is expensive. Really, really expensive
The National Off-Licence Association says it’s hurting smaller sellers.
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Jun 1st 2015, 3:30 PM
Complaints about petrol 'stretching' in Mayo force gardaí to act
Gardaí will implement a plan to tackle it with Revenue.
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Nov 5th 2014, 10:56 AM
Reducing the price of a pint by 5c would cost the government €41 million
The drinks industry says it would help pub owners but alcohol awareness advocates say it would be damaging to society.
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Sep 28th 2014, 7:45 AM
The government needs to rethink its approach to whiskey (and not the stuff in the Dáil bar)
The Oireachtas Agriculture Committee has been told that the high level of excise duty on spirits is putting the livelihoods of 12,000 families and a €1bn injection into the Irish economy at risk.
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Jun 24th 2014, 2:00 PM
61% of independent off-licences will sack staff if excise duty rises
Just 7 per cent of these businesses said they have managed to maintain pre-Budget 2014 sales volumes.
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Jun 2nd 2014, 11:52 AM
New rules to restrict cigarettes bought into Ireland from certain EU countries
From January, those travelling from six EU member states will only be able to bring in 300 cigarettes without paying additional excise duty.
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Dec 25th 2013, 7:15 AM
Off Licence association to bring wine excise increase to EU Commission
The price of wine is gone up by 50 cent, under yesterday’s Budget 214 announcement.
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Oct 16th 2013, 6:00 AM
More off-licences expected to close if government refuses to reduce excise duty
An association representing independent off-licences also said today that there should be a ban on selling alcohol below cost.
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Jul 28th 2013, 2:36 PM
Taxman rakes in €17.6bn in last six months despite missing excise, VAT targets
The Department of Finance said the tax profile is helped by the collection of €126 million in Property Tax receipts.
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Jul 2nd 2013, 5:34 PM
State's income for three of the 'big four' taxes is less than expected
Income tax, VAT and excise duties are lower than had been forecast – but corporation tax is well ahead of expectations.
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Jun 5th 2013, 5:56 PM
Deficit stands at €3.7 billion in latest exchequer returns
Tax revenue was ahead of target by €47 million with corporation tax surpassing its target by €147 million.
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Apr 3rd 2013, 5:43 PM
Exchequer returns show slight fall in tax take for February
The total tax take in February 2013 was €2.042 billion – down by €186 million on the same month from last year.
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Mar 4th 2013, 5:09 PM
Exchequer figures show slight fall in government income in January
A €1 billion sale of Bank of Ireland notes means Ireland recorded an Exchequer surplus for January 2013.
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Feb 4th 2013, 5:05 PM
Budget 2013: what measures kick in today
Child benefit cuts, respite carer grant cuts and motor tax increases.
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Jan 1st 2013, 12:43 PM
The Evening Fix...now with added dogs who can drive
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Dec 6th 2012, 7:53 PM
Exchequer returns: Government's tax take 0.5 per cent below target
The Department of Finance has released the last exchequer returns before tomorrow’s Budget with income tax take for November 12 per cent below target.
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Dec 4th 2012, 4:56 PM
Government income for 2012 to fall short of Budget target
The first documents for Budget 2013 show the government expecting a 4.5 per cent increase in income tax in 2013.
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Dec 1st 2012, 11:25 AM
351,000 contraband cigarettes seized at Dublin Port
The cigarettes would have posed a loss to the Exchequer of about €120,000, and were disguised as ‘advertising material’.
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Nov 28th 2012, 1:17 PM
Food industry not convinced by sugar tax, but neither are dentists
While food industry representatives say that a tax would hit consumers, dentists question the health benefits of it.
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Nov 14th 2012, 8:25 AM
Exchequer returns show €2.9 billion deficit due, in part, to payment to the ESM
Spending at the Department of Social Protection was more than expected, whereas the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation continues to underspend.
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Nov 2nd 2012, 6:26 PM
Exchequer returns show tax take up but deficit at over €11bn
Spending at the Departments of Health and Social Protection were more than expected, according to the latest figures from the Department of Finance.
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Oct 2nd 2012, 5:55 PM
11 things to know about the IMF's latest Irish review
The latest IMF update on Ireland’s financial health, summarised into handy bitesized chunks.
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Jun 15th 2012, 4:30 PM
Tax revenues ahead of target in first five months of 2012
The Department of Finance said that the increases marked “an encouraging performance” in the first five months of the year.
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Jun 5th 2012, 5:17 PM
Government likely to vote against FF proposal to cut fuel duty
Fianna Fáil is to bring legislation before the Dáil this evening to cut fuel excise duty by 4 cent, offering an effective cut in fuel prices of 5 cent.
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Apr 24th 2012, 9:58 AM
Noonan rules out cuts to fuel taxes despite record prices
As the price of a litre of petrol passes €1.62, the Minister for Finance says tax cuts could mean “significant costs” to the State.
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Mar 20th 2012, 8:33 AM
Backbencher calls for examination of scrapping motor tax
A Fine Gael TD has called on the government to look into eliminating motor tax, and replacing it with extra levies on fuel.
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Jan 18th 2012, 7:00 AM
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