Revenue inspectors seek access to papers

ACCESS to all documents gathered by the Government inspectors into the affairs of Ansbacher Cayman is being sought by the Revenue Commissioners and the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the High Court heard yesterday.

It is the “firm intention’’ of the Minister for Justice to seek from parties identified in the Ansbacher Cayman report the multi-million euro costs of the inspectors’ investigation, the president of the High Court, Mr Justice Finnegan, was also told. He gave leave to bring a motion on the costs issue in two weeks’ time.

Mr Justice Finnegan also decided that all documents gathered by the inspectors are to be indexed into privileged and non-privileged material and will be held by the Courts Service.