Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 February 2012
230 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the Department of Finance issued instructions that the VAT amount of €10,254,600 be included in the legal proceedings between Campus Stadium Ireland Development and Dublin Waterworld Limited. [10505/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Deputy will be aware that the Secretary General of my Department, Mr Tom O'Mahony, addressed this matter at hearings of the Public Accounts Committee on 10 November 2011 and 16 February 2012. Mr O'Mahony provided the Committee with a series of documents including a copy of an internal memo dated 15 February 2005 from an official of the then Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism which states that the Department of Finance had indicated that "it could not consent to abandoning the attempt to recover the VAT because of the existing legislation".
