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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)

Catherine Connolly: The Revenue Commissioners will be able to specify the amount of illegal cigarettes confiscated as a result of this procedure.

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)

Catherine Connolly: I will get back to the high wealth individuals and mandatory disclosure. It is chapter 18. That process was introduced in 2011.

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)

Catherine Connolly: It came into operation in 2011. The most disclosures were in 2011, immediately following the introduction.

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)

Catherine Connolly: Figures for the total disclosures to date are very low. Will Mr. Cody just put some context on that for me? It concerns 11 mandatory disclosures in respect of 494 clients, seven of which were received in 2011.

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)

Catherine Connolly: The office wants people to come forward.

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)

Catherine Connolly: It is interesting as there have been 11 disclosures, most of which were in 2011. The chapter indicates that the Revenue Commissioners have not, to date, identified any schemes through its tax avoidance work which it considers should have been disclosed. Is it working very effectively from the analysis done by the Revenue Commissioners? Put the low level of mandatory disclosures in context...

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)

Catherine Connolly: Should we expect more people to come forward or is Mr. Cody happy with that level of mandatory disclosure?

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)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

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)

Catherine Connolly: That is good. We are dependent on the revenue's analysis. Does it carry out spot checks? What does it do?

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)

Catherine Connolly: The revenue examines a range of criteria or schemes, and Mr. Cody feels reassured that this level of disclosure-----

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)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to make one last comment. It is not a question. I will not take any more time. Real estate is the biggest sector for high-worth individuals. The chart on page 225 shows that real estate activities account for 29% of their activities. Revenue-specific codes are 35%, but the witnesses have said that has fallen to 21% and it is different.

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)

Catherine Connolly: As such, the biggest sector for high-wealth individuals is real estate.

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)

Catherine Connolly: One may find it in any country, but-----

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)

Catherine Connolly: In a country where we cannot provide homes it is a shocking indictment. I will leave it at that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned that two survivors will be appointed to the board of Caranua to replace the two persons who resigned in February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48283/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective orthopaedic procedures have been deferred consequent on the ongoing closure of one orthopaedic theatre at Merlin Park University Hospital Galway by length of time waiting and age in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47894/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 395. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative arrangements in place to treat patients at Merlin Park University Hospital Galway (details supplied); the alternative hospitals to which they have been sent in order for the procedures to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47895/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tuberculosis Incidence (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a substantial number of staff members and or patients at Galway University Hospital have contracted latent tuberculosis following the admission, treatment and care of a person with active tuberculosis earlier in 2018; his views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47912/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tuberculosis Incidence (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the care packages in place for staff members that have contracted latent tuberculosis following the admission, treatment and care of a patient to Galway University Hospital with active tuberculosis earlier in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47914/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tuberculosis Incidence (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 400. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol or other procedures followed in Galway University Hospital following the admission, treatment and care of a patient with active tuberculosis earlier in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47915/18]