David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a payment to be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27633/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that a cheque in repayment of Income Tax issued to the person in question in October 2008. The cheque was cashed but the Commissioners were informed some time later that the person in question did not receive the cheque.

The matter has been under investigation by the Commissioners, An Garda Síochána and the relevant banks. This investigation has recently been concluded and it has been established that the cheque was delivered in error to another person who cashed it. The Commissioners are considering the possibilities for recovering the sum involved from that person, but meantime the Commissioners are arranging for the issue of a replacement cheque to the person for whom the original cheque was intended. This cheque will issue shortly.