asked the Minister for the Environment if returns by builders and heating engineers under the home heating scheme are available to the Revenue Commissioners for inspection; if the Revenue Commissioners have inspected or are inspecting such returns; and if the scheme is being used as a method of combating tax evasion.
Written Answers. - Home Heating Scheme Returns.
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While information on the types and costs of works carried out by contractors under the special house improvement grant scheme to reduce dependence on oil is available in my Department, no requests for the inspection of this information have been received from the Revenue Commissioners. Consequently, the scheme is not being used at present to combat tax evasion.