Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 June 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 9 - Internal Controls in the Tax Appeals Commission
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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We will have a letter to that effect by next week because it is so serious, we cannot wait for a periodic report. We can draw from experience where we have the same situation with social welfare where there is an internal review system, and that probably obviates the need for a number of these appeals to go to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office. That is written in every letter that is sent out. People are encouraged to use this system where there is a quick review and it is dealt with promptly. We will have the Revenue Commissioners in after lunch and we will be discussing this with them.