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Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank the witness.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I wanted to ask about illegal sales of diesel but it has just been covered. With regard to tobacco, periodically we see good news stories, predominantly through An Garda Síochána tweeting and sending notices to the media about large-scale seizures, which are always very good to see. Customs and Excise plays a considerable role in this. In terms of small-scale tobacco sales in...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: How far into the supply chain does Revenue go, and with whom?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Maybe I should refine my question. Of the large scale shipments that it captures at ports, does Revenue go back to the country of source? Is it looking at the haulage firms and whatever was supposed to be in the container according to the manifest? Is it engaging with Europol, Interpol and all those agencies?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Does Mr. Cody know or have figures to hand as to whether there is any consistency on the sources of the large product seizures in recent years? Is it all coming in through the UK or through Holland, France or elsewhere?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: On various forms of diesel and potential lost revenue, how many high street retailers in recent years have been apprehended selling illegal diesel, or petrol, although the latter is very hard to sell?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I do not think any of the dumping sites were in my constituency but they were very nearby. I recall them being in Meath or Louth or something like that. This question relates more to process than to revenue but is it practical or feasible for such a firm to mix 10% of the capacity of whatever their forecourt tank is with an illicit product? Is it detectable? I know there are ISO...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I know.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: The individual who contacts me most frequently about the matter is a regular communicator with the Revenue Commissioners. I know this for a fact because he has reams of letters to many organisations, including source suppliers and so on. I am confident that he has been on to Revenue.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: How many cases in the sphere of illicit diesel have Revenue taken to court? Does Mr. Cody have figures for recent years? How many cases have been successful?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 21 - Tax Debt and Write Outs
Chapter 22 - Dormant Accounts Fund
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2016 and 2017 Revenue Accounts (28 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Cody.

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Water supply, particularly in some areas of the State, is on a knife edge. The prevalence of good weather and the lack of rain will only add to that. I fully understand the Minister of State's remark that Irish Water believes the two main facilities for the storage of water for the Dublin area, including Poulaphouca, contain reasonable levels of water. I do not want to become parochial but...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue matter. Its primary purpose is to give effect to the potential for additional conservation measures such as a so-called hosepipe ban, but also restrictions on the use of commercial car washing facilities, whether formal or informal. I want to state very clearly that I am not very interested in draconian measures, but we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I propose we go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: Good morning. I welcome everybody to this meeting of the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs. We are continuing our hearings on tackling childhood obesity. We will now have presentations from Sport Ireland, safefood and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I welcome Mr. John Treacy, chief executive, and Dr. Una May, director of participation and ethics,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I ask Dr. Foley-Nolan to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Conlon and the other guests for their opening statements. I have one question before I call Deputy Sherlock. It relates to the effectiveness of the idea of normal weight, whether it be a medical assessment or a reflection on history. The safefood graph from 1950 to 2002 is alarming and shows a clear trend. We continually look at food groups and that process is continuously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I have to move on to Deputy Neville, in fairness to the man.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: I have a few questions concerning non-traditional sports for Mr. Treacy. I refer, in particular, to encouraging people to do more than just physical sports. He touched on this area when he last spoke and earlier. One of the biggest issues, to put it bluntly, is that many children are simply not joiners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Alan Farrell: They do not play football, GAA sports or whatever it might be. It is a matter of trying to encourage them to do something other than that. Mr. Treacy hit the nail on the head when he referred to the fact that non-organised sport just does not happen any more. I do not see it on local greens any more. When I started out as a councillor 14 years ago, I would have been knocking on doors at...