Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 December 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits

9:30 am

Photo of Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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Mr. Cody said that 2% of movements required physical inspections. If there is an issue with such inspections, there are times nobody can be contacted. Sometimes, if there are issues on a Friday evening, they cannot be resolved until Monday morning. That means the driver cannot go home to his family and he is being paid to sit at the port. If there is only a problem with one product, all the other product is left sitting in the trailer.