Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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We will get the information. The €750 million is in the context of approximately €60 billion collected by the Revenue Commissioners every year. Out of the €60 billion, we are talking about less than €1 billion, which is probably much less than 2%. I am not making light of it but putting it in the context of what the Revenue Commissioners do. I am putting the figure in the context of the overall figure but the organisation should have a target timeline for it. It might not meet the target but if it has no targets for dealing with it, I would be very worried.