Mr. Niall Cody:

They involved criminal prosecutions for serious tax and duty evasion. The number of convictions for serious evasion was 18, 16 were referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and there are 108 ongoing investigations. They were in 2016. The courts have imposed custodial sentences in six of those cases, two of which were partially suspended and one was fully suspended. There were 13 serious duty convictions in 2017 with custodial sentences imposed, one of which was partially suspended and eight were fully suspended. The prison terms imposed in ten cases ranged from seven months to two and a half years.