159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible to control tobacco prices in the same way as energy prices are controlled; if implementing such controls would change the proportion of the retail price of tobacco that would go to the Exchequer, as outlined by health groups; and if such a policy has the potential to raise a minimum of €100 million in the first year of its introduction. [54090/12]

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159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible to control tobacco prices in the same way as energy prices are controlled; if implementing such controls would change the proportion of the retail price of tobacco that would go to the Exchequer, as outlined by health groups; and if such a policy has the potential to raise a minimum of €100 million in the first year of its introduction. [54090/12]

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