Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Public Accounts Committee
Investigations by Revenue into Authorised Officers Report
12:10 pm
Ms Josephine Feehily:
It certainly occurred to me, if that is the Deputy's question. I was also aware, from the media, of significant legal uncertainty around the nature of the dossier, including here in the PAC, so I thought it prudent to stand back. What I did instead was I began a conversation, internally, to see what we had received in the past and so on. I then became aware, from correspondence from the clerk, that the committee had asked the Minister to forward the dossier to me. I became aware of the Minister's letter which was assuring the committee that I had all of the documentation. That is why I was surprised. The Deputy was surprised at my surprise but the Minister's letter said that Revenue has all the documentation. I have to say that I did not parse and analyse that and say, "Is there something I don't have?"