Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 April 2015
46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if a system is in place to highlight to citizens the garages which have been involved in and prosecuted for selling laundered diesel, and the penalties imposed upon those garages. [13465/15]
View answerI am advised by the Revenue Commissioners, who are responsible for tackling all forms of fuel fraud, that every person on whom a fine or a penalty is imposed by a court under the taxes acts, including fines or penalties on foot of a conviction by a court for a fuel laundering offence, will have their name, address and occupation published in accordance with Section 1086 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997. The defaulters list is published every 3 month on Iris Oifigiúil and on the Revenue website. The data can be accessed by the public at http://www.revenue.ie/en/press/defaulters/index.html.
In addition, a register of auto fuel and marked fuel traders' licenses is published on the Revenue website and these details are updated monthly. The data can be accessed at
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/excise/mineral-oil-traders/licensed-auto-fuel-traders.xls ; and http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/excise/mineral-oil-traders/licensed-marked-fuel-traders.xls .
Revenue may revoke a mineral oil trader's licence and where this happens it is removed from the register and, should the person continue to trade without a licence, the filling station will be closed down by Revenue.
