Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 February 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Peter BurkePeter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have listened to the discussion this morning. On top of that, we are talking about bringing in RTÉ and all these sectors. I have nothing against bringing in any of these things, but sometimes we need to focus on what our job is on the PAC. There is aggressive tax playing going on in agencies which is fully legal. I remember when the head of the Revenue Commissioners appeared before the finance committee and came here the next day. We asked him about company structures being set up and he said the Revenue is very clear that it never looks through the eyes of a company onto its employees. That has never happened. If we want to get to a stage where-----

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