Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance
1:00 pm
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I ask about the relationship between Revenue and the sheriff. What happens up to the point when Revenue decides to send a case to the sheriff for collection? I have seen cases where matters are resolved with the sheriff. If they could resolve them with the sheriff, taking into consideration all the penalties that attracts, why do they not resolve them directly with the Revenue before they are allowed to go to that point?