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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: No. 3A.4 is correspondence, dated 8 February 2013, from Mr. Gerry Murphy, chief executive officer, National Transport Authority, re providing information requested at our meeting of 24 January 2013, to be noted and published. Correspondence, dated 8 February 2013, from Ms Geraldine Tallon, secretary general, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, re providing...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Will the report be sent directly to the Minister? Will it be available to us then or do we have to wait three months?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: No. 3A.9 is correspondence, dated 8 February 2013, from Mr. Gerry Murphy, chief executive of the National Transport Authority, providing further information requested at the meeting of 24 January 2013, to be noted and published. No. 3A.10 is correspondence, dated 14 February 2013, from Mr. Tom O'Mahony, Secretary General at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, providing...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: The clerk will liaise with you after the meeting, Deputy, to see if the information referred to by Mr. McCarthy is sufficient to answer the questions you raised. That might be the best way to deal with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Nos. 3C.1 and 3C.2 are correspondence from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. One is a briefing paper and the other is the opening statement. Both are to be noted and published. Reports and financial statements are listed from 4.1 to 4.12. The only question I would raise relates to 4.3, 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8, because they date back to 2009 and 2010. Why are they not up to date?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: I mentioned last week that we might not have received some replies from the Accounting Officers regarding issues raised. In fact, I might have wronged the Accounting Officers because, when we checked, some of the issues had been addressed. There are some outstanding matters but, in the main, we have received the replies to date. The work programme is now on the screen. Does Deputy Simon...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Should we write to each Accounting Officer?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: We will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to comment on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Deputy Harris wants to establish whether, apart from the figures he has, other Accounting Officers have not been asked to contribute to the analysis.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Deputy Harris is not surprised by that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: We should find out about the other agencies, outside of the ones who have reported, and write to them. We can follow the recommendation of the Comptroller and Auditor General and write to the Department of Finance. We might get a broader picture. I ask Deputy Harris to liaise with the clerk to the committee to find out the information we have so that we can follow up and fill in the gaps...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: I remind members, witnesses and those in the public gallery to turn off their mobile telephones because interference from the telephones affects the sound quality of the transmission of the meeting. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence you are to give this committee. If you are directed by the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: I call the Comptroller and Auditor General to introduce the accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I call Ms Feehily for her opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Is there much public interest in advertisements for the position of commissioner?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: There was none.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Ms Feehily wrote to Departments and State agencies in regard to their tax obligations. Without naming Departments or agencies, what did she find?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Having been so helpful, did Revenue collect any money?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Did they find that they were in breach of the tax code?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: Approximately €2 billion was outstanding at the end of March 2012. What is now outstanding as we approach March 2013? Is the figure similar?