Revenue recruitment aims to increase staff to 6,400

The Revenue Commissioners continues to ramp up its operations with another 250 staff recruited since the start of this year with plans to employ almost 6,400 staff. 

Figures from Finance Minister Michael Noonan showed Revenue hired 540 staff in 2016.

“The recruitment has been at all levels and across a range of functions including audit and compliance, debt management, international tax, tax and legal professionals, data analysts, economists and information technology experts,” Mr Noonan said.