Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

He also indicated as a representative of the tax collecting body of the State that there was not an evasion of tax. On that basis, is it a red herring from the Commission that there is a pot of money due to the people of the State? It is being used in a political context as a pot of money that could be used for expenditure on a range of items. As the tax collecting body of the State, the Revenue Commissioners have been very definitive in saying there was full compliance with Irish tax law.