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

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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There is minimal deterrent for being involved in this trade, though Revenue may get a couple of big people in some cases. When drugs or tobacco are seized in customs operations at Portlaoise mail centre, how do the Revenue Commissioners dispose of them? Are they incinerated?