Quigley To Step Down As Irish Revenue Chairman

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

29 January 2002

It was revealed on Wednesday that the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, Dermot Quigley, is to step down from the position in March. He will be replaced by Frank Daly, who has been a Revenue Commissioner for six years.

Mr Quigley, who assumed the Chairman's position in 1998 is to retire following 42 years of public service. His time as head of the Irish tax authority has been fairly action-packed, and he has overseen several high profile tax evasion investigations, including the DIRT inquiry, and the investigation of National Irish Bank and Ansbacher over allegations that the banks were facilitating tax evasion.

He was also active in influencing income tax and CGT legislation during his time in office, and was instrumental in securing greater powers for the Revenue.

Speaking last week, Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy praised the outgoing Chairman's achievements over the past four years: 'During this time, Revenue has had considerable success in responding to the disclosure of significant tax evasion as well as pushing ahead with its improvement in service for taxpayers and with the modernisation and restructuring of the office,' he commented.

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