Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2007
162 Deputy Brendan Kenneally asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the mechanism open to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to vindicate their constitutional rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32437/07]
View answerI have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that correspondence and meetings in this case date back to 1998. The individual expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that his name had been incorrectly associated with a particular vehicle. As deletion of the entry was not an option at the stage Revenue were advised of the matter, a specific endorsement was added to the vehicle record, which clearly stated that the individual was not the owner of the vehicle at the time of registration by the Revenue Commissioners. This entry was made for the purpose of addressing the specific concerns expressed by the individual. This action was the correct and only course of action available.
The individual remained dissatisfied and was invited to meet with another Revenue official to resolve his dissatisfaction. The individual was invited to prepare text for insertion into the registration file that would reflect his view of the factual position and address his concerns about the adequacy of the original note. The text provided by the individual now appears as an endorsement on the vehicle record.
No action taken by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners breached the Constitution. Over the space of nine years the Office of the Revenue Commissioners has at all times addressed the concerns raised by the individual in a consultative and cooperative manner.
