Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have asked Questions Nos. 42 and 82. It is clear that the farmers of Kerry who own the shares did nothing wrong. They took advice from their accountants, tax advisers and other professionals. The Revenue official who appeared before our committee at its meeting stated that this situation was new to Revenue. That is why it is only happening now. Many people who have undergone severe tax audits in the past two years were given clear sheets in September and October. Now, they are some of the 400 who have received letters demanding tax. How can this be right?

As to making tax laws retrospectively, does that mean that Revenue could look for taxes back from the tax amnesties that were granted and the urban renewal schemes under which people received tax back in towns and villages because they received lower tax facilities in the past? Surely that could not be right.

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