Results 4,181-4,200 of 6,044 for speaker:John O'Mahony
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: What happened to the filling station in Bournemouth?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: Is Mr. Moran saying that no testing was done up until May because petrol stretching was not an issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: I asked a number of other questions but I can wait until the end of the meeting for answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: The difficulty is that engines are not affected by diesel laundering in the same way as they are affected by petrol stretching.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: I am conscious that other members wish to contribute and I will return to the issues at the end of the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: It seems obvious that it needs to be done. Mr. Moran mentioned that it has not been proved that there has been petrol stretching. That would infuriate all the people who have been affected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: It could hardly have been an accidental contamination.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: I wish to explain the order in which I will call speakers. Deputy Dooley has spoken. The next speaker will be on the Government side, Deputy Carthy, who will be followed by Deputy Ellis, Deputy Fitzmaurice and the Independents. I will call all the Members and then I will call Deputy Mulherin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: I would like to take the three remaining people together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: The protocol is that we take members first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: I call Deputies Kenny, Colreavy and Mulherin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: We will invite the Irish Insurance Federation initially and the Consumers Association. It is a process of meetings.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: The Deputy's time is up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: Many points and questions have been put by the three Deputies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: Was there a prosecution?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: Could that station still, technically, be operating?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: Could Mr. Moran inform us on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: Clearly the Revenue has to operate within existing legislation. If there is a need for further legislation this committee can suggest that. What we have identified, however, is that there may be a gap in the legislation in this instance. I suppose Mr. Moran is saying that people are innocent until proven guilty, so we have to operate on that basis. That is frustrating for the person whose...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: Perhaps the witnesses can tell members whether the tax take remains constant despite the reduction. It is not the issue the joint committee meeting was meant to cover today but Mr. Moran may wish to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)
John O'Mahony: I asked Mr. Moran whether the complaints to the Revenue Commissioners were tapering off. Was there a spike in such complaints from June until whenever? Has Mr. Moran noticed a tapering off in these complaints?