197. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 8 July 2014, if he will confirm that the importer (details supplied) at no time was given the opportunity to facilitate the examination of their container and was simply told to pay the fee of €650 plus VAT to have their container released and examined; his views that this is acceptable in view of the fact that the customer was entitled to be present when the goods were examined; if he agrees with the process whereby the Revenue Commissioners place an arbitrary charge for those containers they deem fit to examine even in circumstances when they find nothing wrong with the goods; if he will detail the guidelines given to freight compound operators to determine the fees that they charge in respect of such examinations; if he will consider giving the Revenue Commissioners a role in the setting of the charges involved; to detail what the Revenue Commissioners considered in this case to be the basis for recommending a physical examination of this importer's container and what was the risk criteria relevant to this case; if he will consider waiving the fees for physical examinations of such containers and allow the Revenue Commissioners to carry out these examinations on the premises of the importer to obtain a better view of the nature of the business they are involved in, and in a similar way that the Revenue Commissioners carries out VAT audits of small businesses and having found nothing untoward they do not charge for the audit. [33143/14]

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197. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 8 July 2014, if he will confirm that the importer (details supplied) at no time was given the opportunity to facilitate the examination of their container and was simply told to pay the fee of €650 plus VAT to have their container released and examined; his views that this is acceptable in view of the fact that the customer was entitled to be present when the goods were examined; if he agrees with the process whereby the Revenue Commissioners place an arbitrary charge for those containers they deem fit to examine even in circumstances when they find nothing wrong with the goods; if he will detail the guidelines given to freight compound operators to determine the fees that they charge in respect of such examinations; if he will consider giving the Revenue Commissioners a role in the setting of the charges involved; to detail what the Revenue Commissioners considered in this case to be the basis for recommending a physical examination of this importer's container and what was the risk criteria relevant to this case; if he will consider waiving the fees for physical examinations of such containers and allow the Revenue Commissioners to carry out these examinations on the premises of the importer to obtain a better view of the nature of the business they are involved in, and in a similar way that the Revenue Commissioners carries out VAT audits of small businesses and having found nothing untoward they do not charge for the audit. [33143/14]

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