David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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That is what I am focused on. What we do not have is any sense of how much unpaid taxes there are year on year because of underpayment but we can say with certainty that it is a sizable amount. It is crucial to taxpayers and policymakers. We just had a budget in which we had difficult decisions to make in respect of investment, tax, etc. We at least expect that taxes due should be paid. Why is it so difficult to calculate or even have some estimation of the total lost revenue or tax gap? Why is that one of the recommendations that is only part agreed? Is it because Revenue - this is for Mr. Cody - believes that there is no real value in having that data or putting the resources into it, is it that it would just take a lot of resources to calculate the figure or is it that it is complex to do it? What is the problem?