Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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That is the legislation. Maybe it is not Mr. Cody's remit, but where I am sitting, as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, and Mr. Cody has a different perspective, a person can owe the taxman, through income tax or whatever else, such as company or corporation tax, a figure of €50,000 or whatever, and that is published. We are seeing a situation where, from the taxpayer's point of view, 178 people or companies in 2015 had an average of over-claim of €76,000, and those are not published. I am just saying how it is under this regime. I want Mr. Cody to explain if anyone who has over-claimed a tax exemption, even if it runs into very high figures, can have his or her name published like the people who might have much smaller amounts owed and have their names published on the tax defaulters list. He might clarify the position for us.