Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 December 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports

9:30 am

Mr. Niall Cody:

The advantage of having two of us is that I have had a chance to find the page with the information the Deputy requested. I have a table on Brexit-related expenditure from 2017 until October 2021, broken down by ICT developments, Brexit infrastructure and accommodation, and other Brexit expenses. Taking 2020 as the year we are looking at, pay was €26.8 million. We are talking about ICT developments of just over €700,000. The previous year it was €2.1 million. The figure for infrastructure is €9.6 million. The previous year, it was €3.4 million. This year up to October, it is €14.8 million. Regarding other Brexit expenses, which will cover a lot of the engagement piece, the figure in 2020 was €1.5 million. So far this year, it has been €1.5 million. Overall, taking in the period from 2017 to October 2021, about €120 million is relevant to the Brexit aspect.

On ICT developments and staffing, we are, as we like to say, an integrated tax and customs administration, so some of this leads to additional compliance across-----

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