Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and location of Revenue Commissioners vehicle compounds; the capacity of each compound; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37839/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I understand the Deputy to be referring to compounds where vehicles that have been legally detained or seized by the Revenue Commissioners are kept pending the outcome of administrative or legal proceedings. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that there are two permanent Revenue vehicle storage compounds, both located in the Dublin area. One of these compounds is located in the State Warehouse in Dublin Port and has a capacity to store approximately three hundred and fifty vehicles. The second compound is located in the Dublin South city area and has a capacity to store forty-five vehicles. In addition to these areas, regional Revenue offices maintain temporary local storage capacity for detained vehicles pending an administrative decision on a case-by-case basis on whether individual vehicles are released, or retained as a seizure and transferred to a permanent storage facility. There are a total of 14 of these temporary storage compounds with a capacity in excess of 300 vehicles. These compounds are located in various parts of the country. The Deputy will appreciate that for operational and security reasons I am not in a position to disclose the location of the storage compounds.