Written answers
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Department of Finance
Revenue Commissioners Investigations
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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185. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an issue regarding inspections of forecourts and fuel stations (details supplied). [35902/14]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the 39 forecourt and fuel station inspections resulted in the detection of laundered diesel in the period from 2011 to 31 August 2014. The Revenue Commissioners are structured into four geographical regions and their statistics are compiled on that basis. The Regions are: Dublin; Border Midlands West; East-South East and the South West. The following Table provides an analysis of the 39 detections across the Revenue Regions.
| Year | Dublin | Border Midlands West Region | East South East Region | South West Region | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 32 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 39 |
I am also advised by the Revenue Commissioners that there were 7 prosecutions for laundered fuel and licensing offences in the period from 2011 to 31 August 2014. The Table that follows gives an analysis of the 7 prosecutions by county.
| Year | Dublin | Donegal | Limerick | Sligo | Cavan | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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