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

As there are no other questions, can we agree to note the accounts and statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes.

Our third item is correspondence. As previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions that have been circulated. Decisions taken by the committee in relation to correspondence are recorded in the minutes of the committee's meetings and published on the committee's web page. One item of correspondence has been flagged today under category B, that is, correspondence from Accounting Officers or Ministers and follow up to committee meetings.

No. 872B, held over from our meeting last week, is from Mr. Niall Cody, Chairman, Revenue Commissioners, dated 5 November 2021. It provides information requested by the committee arising from the fact Revenue did not accept certain recommendations in the committee in our last report. The committee asked Revenue to clarify to what extent it can investigate the financial and sectoral implications of a voluntary PAYE system agreed by Revenue and courier firms in 1997, as well as a copy of the 2019 European Commission inspection report on the control strategy for customs value and repayments. I have flagged this item for discussion as have Deputies Carthy and Catherine Murphy. Before opening the floor, is it agreed to note and publish this item? Agreed. I call Deputy Carthy.