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Tax defrauders list but no welfare defrauders list
- Thread starter joe sod
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That's page reads like it's designed to put the frighteners on ordinary people who cannot afford to take Revenue on in court.
Even so, nowhere in that article does the Revenue suggest illegality or criminality is involved only that a judge may rule against you in a civil action.
Meanwhile in Northern Ireland...
www.bbc.com
Benefit fraudsters to be identified publicly says Gordon Lyons
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said the move was part of a "zero-tolerance approach".
www.bbc.com
"The Department for Communities (DfC) stopped publishing the names of benefit fraudsters in 2020 following a decision by the Sinn Féin minister at the time." It's always good to see Sinn Féin's genuine commitment to openness and transparency in government!
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As an ex-civil servant, I'm normally a doughty supporter of both the Department of Social Welfare and the Revenue Commissioners, but my jaw dropped when I read in today's Examiner that at the end of 2022,
"nearly 300 people owed more than €100,000 apiece in back payments"
That level of fraud (and I assume that most of it is due to fraud) should surely involve a jail sentence? But does being sent to prison absolve a fraudster of the obligation to repay the Department, I wonder?
"nearly 300 people owed more than €100,000 apiece in back payments"
That level of fraud (and I assume that most of it is due to fraud) should surely involve a jail sentence? But does being sent to prison absolve a fraudster of the obligation to repay the Department, I wonder?