Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 February 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 23 - Revenue Collection
Chapter 24 - Management of Revenue Debt
Chapter 25 - Taxpayer Compliance
Chapter 26 - Corporation Tax Losses
Chapter 27 - Tax Audit Settlements

12:00 pm

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

Revenue publishes companies' and individuals names on its defaulters list. If after a period of time some people have still not paid, could it publish a list of those names? I do not think there is as much shame in being on this list as there used to be. Is there a fear that people might laugh and say they were on the defaulters list but they never paid a bob? I am worried about the effect of this list when I hear that some of those people have not paid or might never pay. The public thought that was the last sanction Revenue had against people but it appears it is not enforceable in some cases.

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