Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Paradise Papers: Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners

6:15 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Very good work was done on the medical consultants project. I commend the work of the Revenue Commissioners. I have always been impressed by it, despite my difficulties with the Apple case and all the rest. As it predated Mr. Cody's time, I will give him a pass on it.

One of the issues with the Paradise Papers is the interaction of the financial institutions with their subsidiaries and the targeting of Irish residents. We need to see all of the detail to find out whether the activity falls into the bracket of tax planning, tax avoidance or tax evasion. I do not have the details. I have a question for Mr. Cody that I have asked the Minister for Finance. The information given in the response is to be found in the Official Report of the Dáil. Did the Revenue Commissioners seek information from the subsidiary in the Isle of Man in 2015? Am I correct in that regard? When was the last time the information was sought from AIB?