Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is the general problem in Revenue. There are many schemes which are very costly to the State in terms of tax forgone. I refer to pension schemes most particularly. However, an analysis of tax forgone is not possible because the figures are not compiled in the required manner. There is a significant lack of transparency about various tax reliefs and schemes. Frankly, it is not good enough that we do not have that detail.