John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the high level group has the scope to explore new policy ideas in which collaboration between her Department and the Revenue Commissioners would be central to such policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53484/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, one of the primary relationships that my Department has is with the Revenue Commissioners. Accordingly, the Department liaises bilaterally with the Revenue Commissioners through a joint DEASP/Revenue High Level Group (HLG) which was formally configured in 2010 and meets on a quarterly basis.

The group comprises senior management from both organisations and its purpose is to deepen the interaction at strategic level, as well as to ensure effective collaboration and interaction between the organisations. Both organisations are actively working together with a view to aligning expertise and information across their systems and operations.

A number of dedicated working groups have been established under the HLG to ensure collaborative efforts are directed towards progressing joint strategic and business priorities. The work of these groups is monitored by the HLG, as is the need for new working groups to address new and emerging issues that may arise.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.