10-year limit on pursuing tax evaders a ‘very strong impediment’

The head of Revenue has said a 10-year limit on pursuing tax evaders with offshore accounts was a "very strong impediment" in prosecuting Ansbacher-related cases.

Josephine Feehily also revealed Revenue officials had reservations about a tax amnesty introduced in 1993 which was availed of by 20 Ansbacher account holders.

She was speaking as TDs probed fresh claims that former politicians had evaded tax through offshore accounts.