Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 17: Revenue's Progress in Tackling Tobacco Smuggling
Chapter 18: Management of High Wealth Individuals' Tax Liabilities
Chapter 19: Corporation Tax Losses

9:00 am

Mr. Niall Cody:

It is probably not helpful to speculate on what would have to happen. There would be policy implications. In its totality Revenue does not operate independently of Government policy. It is better that we try not to get into a debate on the policy aspects because the Government will have to decide. I cannot decide to impose-----