Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The settlement is to the credit of the Revenue Commissioners and the powers they possess. Tribunals carry out useful work but they do not collect taxes and cannot operate settlements or examine the issues which can lead to huge settlements such as this one. Their work is undoubtedly helpful to that but the cases have to be examined independently and verified by the Revenue Commissioners.

We have provided low taxes and many incentives to those who are wealthy enough to invest their money. I am not interested in rehearsing the political affiliations of the people on the Revenue Commissioners' lists.

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