Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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94. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the amount the investigation of underpayment of taxes by various groups, for example, medical consultants, has resulted in the recovery of taxes, penalties and interest in each of the past ten years from 2006 to date in 2016; the principal groups and occupations so investigated; and the number of back cases identified in each category and group. [29680/16]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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It is assumed that the Deputy's Question is referring to outcomes from the programme of compliance interventions conducted by the Revenue.

I am advised that Revenue, generally, conducts compliance interventions based on a range of risk criteria in specific cases rather than by particular sectors or groups.  However, sectoral projects are initiated where Revenue wishes to examine practices in a particular sector or where Revenue is satisfied that a high risk of evasion or noncompliance exists.

I am informed by Revenue that detailed statistical information on their compliance programmes are published each year in their Annual Reports. The following Table sets out the number of interventions carried out in each of the years requested and the related tax, interest and penalties.