Call for sanctions over Garda tax compliance

An Garda Síochána must be immediately sanctioned by the Revenue Commissioners over failure to clarify if it is tax compliant, a year on from the Garda college financial scandal, a TD has said.

Labour’s Alan Kelly demanded the referral is made after the force missed yet another Public Accounts Committee (PAC) deadline to confirm it is now tax compliant.

At the launch of the PAC’s periodic report late last month, committee members said that despite the Garda college financial scandal hitting the headlines a year ago, serious questions remain. In particular, members noted that the force had yet to confirm the organisation and the college itself were fully tax compliant as it has still not explained why there were five tax numbers for the college instead of just one.