Victor Boyhan (Independent)
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It is really important to keep that engagement. In the next few days I am heading up to the agricultural show in Balmoral in the North. British revenue service staff attend agricultural shows and set up one-stop shops. I think Revenue may. We talk about simplification of EU regulation and rules and finance and everything else. I have always found the Revenue Commissioners to be very helpful and supportive. That is my personal experience in business with them. It is important that Revenue is out on the coal face of agriculture. This is the agriculture committee and we are talking about agriculture, food and the marine, be it fishers, marine activity, horticulture or agriculture itself. That is important. Does Revenue have any plans to up that to bring the organisation out on the ground out around the country? What are the plans in this regard? It is really important that we see the faces of Revenue. The officials have a job to do bringing in revenue for the State, laws to abide by and they want people to be compliant. However, the Revenue Commissioners also needs to assist people in the simplification and understanding of the process.