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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.

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

Patrick O'Donovan: Mr. Cody said he got greater co-operation from the French authorities on the provision of the disk with information on it. Did the Revenue Commissioners have to give information about any French nationals to the French authorities? Are the French authorities undertaking similar investigations in Ireland?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (12 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that carbon monoxide alarms should be installed in all public places such as hotels as a matter of public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10236/15]

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]

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Mathews will not have to worry about it anyway.

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Tuigimid go léir cad tá i gceist ag an Teachta.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How many people per day used the two routes being discussed? What did the services cost to provide? Mr. Murphy has said Bus Éireann operates under impediments other operators do not face. Presumably they are operating under licence. Are different licences allocated to different companies on the same routes? In other words, are there different criteria for different companies and, if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What about Mr. Murphy's comments on the Irish language, accessibility and so forth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Therefore, there is no requirement for it to do it under the licence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The authority did not do that as the motorway network was being developed.