Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Bill 1998
Public bill · Government · Presented
Gives the Comptroller and Auditor General powers to investigate whether certain financial institutions deducted and paid the correct tax on deposit interest, and whether Revenue properly checked this. It allows compulsory evidence, document requests and searches, while protecting individuals’ identities and witnesses’ statements, and strengthens related powers and protections for the Public Accounts Committee.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the examination and investigation by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the assessment and collection by the Revenue Commissioners during such period as may be specified by Dáil Éireann by resolution of amounts representing income tax that were required by law to be deducted by certain financial institutions from interest payable by them on certain deposits of money with them and paid to the Collector-General, to amend the Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability, Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) Act, 1997, and to provide for related matters
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- Minister for Finance Primary
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- Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Bill, 1998: Second Stage. Seanad
- Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Bill, 1998: Committee and Remaining Stages. Seanad
- Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Bill, 1998: Motion for Earlier Signature. Seanad
- Supplementary Estimates, 1998. - Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Bill, 1998: Second Stage. Dáil
- Private Members' Business. - Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Bill, 1998: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Private Members' Business. - Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Bill, 1998: Committee and Remaining Stages. Dáil