Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Very good. There are two final issues to which I wish to refer. A very interesting story appeared in the national media last October which indicated that Revenue believed that Government Departments and public bodies had been involved, on a number of occasions, in offensive tax avoidance or in abuse of the tax system. As far as I am aware, this related to the classification of employees. Will Ms Feehily expand on that and outline the current position? We know how Revenue deals with Joe Public but how does it deal with Government agencies? If it is discovered that abuse is taking place within a Government Department or agency, can interest and penalties be imposed?