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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will hold the issues over. We will not split a topic across two reports because of our timetable. We can agree to hold one issue over until we complete the project. That happened once before. There is much to consider, such as approved housing bodies and so on, before we complete this issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: Capital assistance schemes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will revert to that issue because we did not deal with the approved housing bodies at the first meeting on this issue. We are scheduled to deal with payments to approved housing bodies. We were always going to have a second-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes, and the outcome in terms of the number of houses being delivered. On that day representatives from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and the Revenue Commissioners will be present for the afternoon session. Is there anything in the work programme for 13 December? On 6 December we will deal with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: They do. The Army has a role in terms of cybersecurity and we need to have the appropriate people from the Department or the Army or the Defence Forces here for that discussion of cybersecurity, which is not confined to the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: On which topic?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy was referring to cybersecurity.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: The governance process, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: There is a chapter on the matter in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: Those broad issues, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: It might be 13 December either.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: Not yet. We will follow up on it this week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: It will be dealt with this week. We have concluded the discussion on the work programme. There being no other business, we will suspend while the witnesses take their seats.

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 (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are dealing with the Appropriation Accounts 2017, Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners; and from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, Chapter 17 - Revenue's progress in tackling tobacco smuggling, Chapter 18 - management of high wealth individuals' tax liabilities, and Chapter 19 - corporation tax losses. The committee had many meetings on the last issue during the year...

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 (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I now ask Mr. Cody to make his opening statement.

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 (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Cody. We have a number of chapters to discuss. Today's first speaker is Deputy Cassells, who has 20 minutes. He will be followed by Deputy Cullinane, who will have 15 minutes, and Deputies Jonathan O'Brien, Catherine Connolly and Catherine Murphy.

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 (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: They are up on the screen.

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 (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: I allowed a few extra minutes for the slideshow on the factory in County Louth. As I had hoped it would be picked it up, I gave the first speaker a little extra time.

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 (15 Nov 2018)

Seán Fleming: We respect that.