Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I concur with what Deputy Burke has said. It is an issue I have raised in parliamentary questions and directly with the Revenue Chairman and the consistent feedback from the business community is that there are operational problems and the turnaround times with Revenue have lengthened. The changes made in the Finance Act last year seemed to have an impact, in that it became more complicated and confusing. As I look at the statistics as of the end of March, there were 180 open applications. In some cases the delay is obviously on the side of the applicant rather than the Revenue but the consistent feedback has been about operational problems and turnaround times with Revenue. I hope that aspect of it will form part of the outcome of the review.

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