Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Revenue has improved its communication links with the Department of Social Protection. I can see Ms Feehily smiling, and she is probably thinking the same as me. Does she envisage Revenue extending the social network tool to include PRSI numbers? Obviously we have been conscious of difficulties over the years, for example, instances where computers did not match. I shall not mention the €150,000 network that went out some time ago. The initiatives showed that there was a greater level of communication between Revenue and the Department and also in respect of other subsequent social welfare payments. Ms Feehily talked about REAP and detecting fraud. It is important the Department's information would be included in the tool. Has Revenue reached that stage? Does it intend to talk to the Department? Perhaps the information has been included. Such co-operation would be important for the overall collection of taxes and correct payment of social protection payments. A good tool should be used by Revenue, but also in the way I suggest.