444. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total tobacco products tax revenue collected from cigarette sales in each year from 2019 to 2025, inclusive; the total volume and retail value of the cigarette sales to generate this revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30972/26]

Simon Harris, Tánaiste and Minister for Finance: I am advised by Revenue that the table below sets out the Tobacco Products Tax (TPT) receipts collected from cigarettes in each year from 2019 to 2025. The table also provides the declared cigarette volumes released for consumption in each year and an estimate of their retail value.

* Cigarette Volume '000s

**Provisional

I am further advised by Revenue that a breakdown of receipts and volumes by year, up to 2024, is published on the Revenue website at: https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/excise/index.aspx