Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 July 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not see any other members indicating. I have a fairly straightforward question for Ms Maney. I am curious about the issue of commissioners. As Ms Maney has outlined, there are four commissioners. If I heard her correctly, she said that she could do with having 12 commissioners. The commission is doing important work and is making good progress with it, but it is obviously being hampered by the staff shortage. In terms of our work as the Committee for Public Accounts and our view coming out of this meeting and what can be done to assist the commission with this, what is the process in terms of the commission trying to get the extra staff? Who does Ms Maney have to approach? Does she have to approach the Department for Public Expenditure and Reform? I ask her to outline the process briefly.

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