Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that information. This is not the core issue - I want to talk about the other issue. As I said, I raised it because it was in Mr. Cody’s opening statement. I am talking about registered companies that are set up here that pay corporation tax on their profits to the Revenue Commissioners that should be operating under the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019, where they can either get a licence or permit but have neither. If they have, they cannot get a licence because they are for-profit. Licences obviously are for philanthropic organisations or charities and the permits are for very small prize funds and all the rest. Therefore, one cannot be raffling cars and so on and so forth. Yet they are doing it, making big profits and paying taxes. It is more a general question. I am not naming any individual company. When Revenue sees corporation tax being paid, does it have any duty at all to say that the company is operating without any legal basis or operating against the law? It could be in that area or a different field. What responsibility or duty does Revenue have? As the revenue collector, is it just a case of its job is to collect the taxes and make sure the taxes are applied to the profit and it is up to the Garda to decide whether a company is operating within the law? I want to have an understanding on whether there is crossover or any responsibility.