Tax refunds owed by Revenue
Deputy Walsh asked how much Revenue owed taxpayers, arguing that the House should hear the other side of the outstanding-tax figures. The Minister offered to obtain the information, while Walsh said a previous request had been refused.
On this question I should like to ask the Minister — while appreciating his very comprehensive reply and his press statement on the amount of money due under the various headings to the Revenue — would he give the other side of the picture and tell the House the amount of money due by the Revenue to hard-pressed taxpayers under the same headings?
Comment on this
I would suggest that if Deputy J. Walsh puts down a question for written answer next week I will get that information for him.
Comment on this
I put down a question last week and was told that the information was not available. It is regrettable that the information is available on one side with unfortunate taxpayers being batoned by the Revenue while, on the other side, I suspect there are others owed an equivalent amount of money by the Revenue.