376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of whole-time equivalent Revenue customs officers, detector dogs and items of scanning equipment, including X-ray and backscatter units, assigned to each frontier management branch in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73680/26]
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379. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the ports, airports and other points of entry covered by each of Revenue's frontier management branches, namely, FMB Dublin Port, FMB Dublin Airport, south-east FMB, south FMB and east-west FMB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73676/26]
676. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount recovered by the Revenue Commissioners through shadow economy and black market compliance interventions in each year from 2021 to date in 2026; the number of cases pursued in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60691/26]
677. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will provide the yield recovered, in euro, broken down by economic sector, for shadow economy interventions in 2025 and in 2026 to date, given that published figures to date report sectoral activity by case share rather than by yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60692/26]
678. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of Revenue staff, expressed in whole-time equivalents, assigned to shadow economy and black market enforcement in each year from 2021 to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60695/26]
679. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current estimate held by the Revenue Commissioners of the tax foregone to the Exchequer through shadow economy activity; the methodology and base year underpinning that estimate; the date on which it was last updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60696/26]
680. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific additional enforcement activity planned by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the shadow economy over the coming eighteen months; whether any additional statutory powers or resources have been sought to support that activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60699/26]
740. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total cost incurred by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the maintenance, berthing, crewing, insurance, survey and management of the vessel MV Matthew from the date of its seizure in September 2023 to the date of its disposal in July 2026, by category of expenditure and by calendar year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56423…
741. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration received by the State for the vessel MV Matthew; the date on which that consideration was agreed; the date on which the Department was informed of it; the reason that figure was withheld from Dáil Éireann when the disposal was addressed in the House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56424/26]
742. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which the vessel MV Matthew was cleared for disposal by court order; the reason a period of approximately nineteen months elapsed between that clearance and the removal of the vessel from Cork Harbour; the estimated cost to the State arising from that period of delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56425/26]
743. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the process by which the vessel MV Matthew was disposed of; whether a competitive tender or open sales process was conducted; the number of expressions of interest and formal bids received; the criteria applied in selecting the successful purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56426/26]
744. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the identity of the purchaser of the vessel MV Matthew and the jurisdiction in which that purchaser is registered; the destination port to which the vessel was towed; whether the disposal terms required scrappage or permitted the vessel to return to commercial service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56427/26]
745. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners holds a protocol, framework or standing procedure governing the custody, maintenance and disposal of large commercial vessels seized in the course of criminal investigations; if no such framework exists, whether his Department intends to establish one arising from the experience of the MV Matthew; and if he will make…
773. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which the Revenue Commissioners were notified of, or identified, an error in returns made by a company (details supplied); the date on which the corrected returns were received; the reason for the correction; whether Revenue has examined the original customs declarations to establish how the error arose; and if he will make a statement on…
774. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the revised data for 2025 and quarter 1 2026 for goods under CN 28182000, provided by the Revenue Commissioners to the Central Statistics Office and published on 15 July 2026, has been verified by the Revenue Commissioners as accurate; the process applied by the Revenue Commissioners to verify corrected trader returns of this scale; whether a…
245. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual loss to the Exchequer arising from VAT fraud, including missing trader intra-community fraud and carousel fraud, in each of the years 2021 to 2025; whether the Revenue Commissioners maintain any estimate of VAT fraud linked to shell companies established in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51046/26]
246. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioners investigations into suspected VAT fraud involving shell companies in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [51047/26]
576. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Revenue has undertaken any assessment of the estimated annual Exchequer loss arising from the illicit sale of vaping products, untaxed nicotine inhaling products, or non-compliant e-liquid products since the commencement of the E-Liquid Products Tax on 1 November 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43173/26]
577. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Revenue has considered commissioning, conducting, or participating in an independent survey or research project to estimate the scale of the illicit vaping market in the State, similar to the annual illicit tobacco consumption survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43174/26]
578. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of audits, compliance interventions, investigations, inspections, risk assessments, or enforcement actions undertaken by Revenue in relation to the E-Liquid Products Tax since its introduction on 1 November 2025 by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43175/26]
579. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of registered suppliers under the E-Liquid Products Tax that have been subject to Revenue compliance checks since the tax was introduced; the number of cases in which underpayments, non-compliance, or enforcement concerns were identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43176/26]
580. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Revenue maintains a formal information-sharing arrangement with the HSE National Environmental Health Service in relation to licensed retailers of tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43177/26]
581. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Revenue has access to the register of retailers licensed under the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 for compliance, risk assessment, or taxation purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43178/26]
582. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of cases since 1 November 2025 in which Revenue identified the supply, sale, or distribution of e-liquid products by persons or entities not registered for the E-Liquid Products Tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43179/26]
583. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Revenue has undertaken any assessment of the compliance rate among suppliers liable for the E-Liquid Products Tax; the methodology used to estimate compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43180/26]