76 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his estimate of the amount of revenue lost to the Exchequer annually through tobacco smuggling; the number of persons who were brought to court, convicted, imprisoned and fined for tobacco smuggling in 2010 and to date in 2011; the average fine for tobacco smuggling in each year; the extent to which the increased fines allowable for tobacco smuggling, as set out in the Finance Act 2010, have been utilised; his plans to introduce new measures, legislative or otherwise, to combat tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40233/11]

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76 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his estimate of the amount of revenue lost to the Exchequer annually through tobacco smuggling; the number of persons who were brought to court, convicted, imprisoned and fined for tobacco smuggling in 2010 and to date in 2011; the average fine for tobacco smuggling in each year; the extent to which the increased fines allowable for tobacco smuggling, as set out in the Finance Act 2010, have been utilised; his plans to introduce new measures, legislative or otherwise, to combat tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40233/11]

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