831. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Department of Health or the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding its current review of tobacco affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63461/26]
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832. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in light of the Health Information and Quality Authority's review of tobacco affordability, whether his department will assess the impact of tobacco excise increases on the illicit tobacco market before further increases in excise duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter [63462/26]
833. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is concerned that further increases in tobacco excise duty may increase demand for cheaper, illicit tobacco products; if his Department has assessed this risk in advance of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63465/26]
59. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the findings of the recent survey (details supplied) which found the associated notional tax loss to the Exchequer stands at approximately €645m per annum; if he accepts that further increases in tobacco excise may risk stagnating revenues by driving more consumers towards illicit and non-Irish duty paid tobacco products; and if…
948. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the current methods of payment for the tobacco and nicotine inhaling products licence; if the introduction of any additional payment methods for retailers are currently being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17074/26]
915. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has fully examined the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if she can provide any estimate of the number of smokers that are expected to relapse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3449…
916. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the impact the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 will have on speciality vape shops, which will be forced to close if all vape flavours are banned; if she has quantified the burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34499/…
1177. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the potential impact of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 on specialty vape shops from a ban on vape flavours; if she has quantified the potential burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers, including in the forecourt and convenience sector; and if she will make a sta…
1178. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to outline if her Department has fully examined the regulatory impact analysis of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if her Department has conducted any research into the estimated number of smokers that may relapse as a result of such measures; a…
1179. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the case of Sweden, who has reduced its smoking and cancer rates through the use of tobacco like vapes and nicotine pouches as a safer and more readily available alternative to cigarettes, in the context of the measures proposed in the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024; and if she will make a stateme…
268. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the actions being taken by his Department to prevent the advertisement and sale of illicit tobacco products online; his Department’s engagement to date with social media companies to detect and prevent such activity; if measures such as the removal of social media profiles engaged in such activity are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
269. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work of the Joint Agency Task Force in tackling excise fraud; the key enforcement actions undertaken by the task force in the past 12 months; the number of investigations into organised crime groups involved in excise fraud initiated through the task force in each respective year from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; and if he will make a st…
617. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she is considering any changes to the annual retailers licensing fees for those selling tobacco products or nicotine-inhaling products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4203/25]