Vol. 510 No. 4
61 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Finance the latest position in regard to the Circuit Court appeal by the Revenue Commissioners in regard to a decision of the Appeal Commissioners to dismiss a tax assessment which was the subject of a Private Notice Question on 16 December 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22710/99]
As I made clear in reply to the Private Notice Question put down last December, and has long been recognised in this House. the issue of an individual's tax affairs is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners to pursue. That remains the position. However, like the other Members, I am aware from media reports at the time of the decision of the Appeal Commissioners last December in this case, and from comments made in July by the chairman of the Revenue Commissioners on the occasion of the publication of the commissioners' annual report for 1998, that the decision of the Appeal Commissioners was the subject of an appeal by Revenue for a full rehearing of the case before a Circuit Court judge and that Revenue was seeking Circuit Court time for the rehearing in the current law term. Dealing solely with this question of timing, the commissioners have informed me that it was not possible to obtain the time required in the present law term but that arrangements are being made to have the case reheard as early as possible next year.
