Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I have a couple of brief questions on Vote 9, which deals with the Revenue Commissioners, and a few related ones. They are all related to Brexit and the change in the roles of the Revenue Commissioners and general customs operations since the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement came into place and the transition period ended. Will the Minister put a little more flesh on the figures - the overall amounts have not changed much - in respect of individual staff members who are working specifically in this area? Is there any vision to change where they are based?
Will there be more people allocated to ports of entry? Bearing in mind that while there has been a deferral for customs checks from the UK for this year, they still loom. I would appreciate if the Minister could elaborate a bit more on the figures?
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