Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 June 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The director of the HSE was before the committee in 2015 and said he had concerns about consultants having contracts in public hospitals, such as St. Vincent's, when they were not supposed to. He said 56% of consultants had such contracts. Would the Revenue Commissioners have looked at these data? There is a mixture of PAYE and additional income and if a person spends only 56% of his or her time on public work it frees up a lot more time for work in another area. Would that come onto the radar of the Revenue Commissioners?

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