Ms Josephine Feehily:

Last year we secured 35 convictions for serious evasion between taxes and duties. We referred 15 to the DPP. At the end of last year there were 99 open for investigation - ongoing. There were 50 with our solicitors getting ready to go to the DPP. There were two under consideration by the DPP. There were 20 cases in 2013 where the DPP issued directions but they had not reached the courts. There were 32 cases before the courts, and one bench warrant. Those are the 2013 figures to give the Deputy some sense of the kind of activity that is there.

Last year we also secured prison terms in a number of cases ranging from one year to two years and so on.