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

Looking at that timeliness of compliance and at Revenue's audit teams and tackling non-compliance, which is something we have also touched on here before, I think of every ordinary person who looks at the defaulter list when it gets published in the newspapers. People sneak a look to see whether their neighbours are on it. The 2017 annual report shows that the yields from audits and interventions came to €500 million. Some €196 million of that came from audit and €295 million from intervention. I know the witnesses have done so before, but will they speak on the cost to Revenue of the audit process in comparison with the yields or the amounts brought in? Will they comment on the types of business audit teams would focus on? Does Revenue look at small operations at grassroots level with regard to back street operations or is the focus on larger operations?