Tribunal investigations net €48m

A total of €48.031 million has so far been collected as a result of investigations arising from the beef tribunal, the Moriarty…

A total of €48.031 million has so far been collected as a result of investigations arising from the beef tribunal, the Moriarty tribunal and the Flood/Mahon tribunal.

The Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, told Fianna Fáil TD, Mr John McGuinness, in a written reply, that the Revenue Commissioners and the Criminal Assets Bureau had so far recovered 35.715 million "related to underpayments of tax" as a result of investigations of issues from the Flood/Mahon tribunal.

The figure for the Moriarty tribunal was €6.910 million and €5.406 million from the beef tribunal of the early 1990s.

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The Minister was replying to a written question from the Green Party TD, Mr Ciarán Cuffe, about the latest available costs for such provision of cigarettes.