Ms Josephine Feehily:

I need to be careful. I am talking about a typical case. I am not talking about Ansbacher and I am not talking about lists. I am talking about a typical case where information comes to Revenue that prima facieis deemed worthy of a look. An inspector will look at it having regard to the information we already know. If something is a mismatch that needs to be followed through, we will follow through. Sometimes our first port of call might be to verify third-party information and then it is sorted. There is no automatic line that says we get information. We gets lots of information every day and it has to be looked at from a fairness point of view. The idea of putting somebody into a Revenue process without a reason would be just wrong and unfair, apart from the fact that I would not have the resources, as I discussed with Deputy Dowds. The information is assessed by reference to what we already know on the record and if there is something to be followed up, it is followed up and if there is nothing to be followed up, it is not followed up. That is the best way I can put it.