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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences Applications (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a felling licence will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10842/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I agree with the Deputy that we need to move on. Berating the staff serves no purpose. To be honest, a mistake has been made, but everybody makes a mistake. We should move on.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome Mr. Cody and congratulate him on his appointment. He stated that between 2002 and 2012 the Revenue Commissioners obtained 20 High Court orders against financial institutions. Did these orders lead to any prosecutions?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In the course of the investigation through the High Court orders, did the Revenue Commissioners find any pattern to suggest that Irish financial institutions were facilitating or encouraging this sort of behaviour?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: With 20 High Court orders between 2002 and 2012, I presume there were some prosecutions. Was there any suggestion that the financial institutions were deserving of criminal investigation?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Was there any suggestion of facilitation of tax evasion on the part of banks?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is that something that the Revenue Commissioners keeps under observation?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In answer to a previous question, Mr. Cody mentioned that some of the bodies corporate that had been dissolved had addresses at the offices of solicitors and accountants. As part of his investigation, has he undertaken discovery in those offices to see whether they have any other hidey holes?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am not suggesting it, but regarding the dissolved entities here-----

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am not suggesting there was anything illegal about it. Has the Revenue Commissioners delved into such companies to see if there is anything else relating to offshore accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In Mr. Cody’s statement, he said of the 33 cases, 27 had been completed. Had any of the 27 previously registered on his radar for any sort of tax non-compliance?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: So they had form.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Mr. Cody made a comment earlier about branches of Irish banks overseas. How does the Revenue Commissioners reach into branches of Irish banks overseas?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Which one?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has examining the branch networks of Irish banks overseas, apart from the HSBC issue, led the Revenue Commissioners to commence other investigations? Does it have ongoing investigations?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: On the overseas branch network of the Irish banks, has the Revenue Commissioners encountered any suggestion or evidence that the money trail starts in the branch network in this jurisdiction?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Have the banks been, or will they be, prosecuted?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am talking about the risk money, not legitimately earned money on which tax has been paid.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Mr. Cody mentioned an advertisement in The Irish Times. Do the staff of the IPD make any attempt to portray themselves as unsuspecting Irish people who are looking to stash some hot money away? Do they approach banks to see how they will react, or do they always declare that they are from the Revenue Commissioners?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have no difficulty with how the Revenue Commissioners recoups the money, as long as it does it, and as long as it is legal.