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. Seamus McCarthy:
In 2016 we had three convictions on indictment, which resulted in two prison sentences and one suspended sentence. We had 30 summary convictions, which resulted in six suspended prison sentences and fines amounting to €57,500. In 2017, we had 26 summary and five indictable convictions, fines amounting to €54,000 and one custodial and nine suspended sentences. At the end of October, there had been 12 summary convictions and three indictable convictions, fines amounting to €30,000, four suspended sentences and one custodial sentence.