Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2015
179. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 201 to 203, inclusive, of 23 June 2015, the number of cases investigated and concluded under Operation DIRT - deposit interest retention tax - in each year since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28335/15]
View answerTo date, since October 2012, full recoveries have been made on 503 cases investigated under Operation DIRT (Deposit Interest Retention Tax), project and are therefore deemed concluded. A further 194 cases are in varying degrees of the recovery process and as such are still on-going and yet to be concluded.
Data sharing by the Department is viewed as an efficient and effective mechanism to target control related activity. It is an important preventative and detection control measure. The Department continues to examine its control practices and to introduce new measures to improve controls, wherever possible. The aim is to reduce or eliminate overpayments arising from customers receiving payments when they are no longer eligible in order to ensure that scarce resources are available to those who need them most.
