A Co Wicklow businessman and a hardware merchant firm he co-owns have made tax settlements to the Revenue totalling €5 million, the tax authority said in its latest list of defaulters.
A payment of €2.75 million from Arklow-based Anthony Fogarty and a separate payment of €2.25 million from his firm, P Boland, of Main Street, Arklow, were the biggest settlements in the three months to the end of September.
The exchequer received €31.58 million from 141 published settlements in the period from Revenue's audit and investigation programme, and €139.3 million in unpublished settlements.
Prominent among the settlements was a payment of €543,421 from the estate of the late Phil Monahan of Monarch Properties, who died in 2003 and was the biggest developer of shopping centres in the State.
Also on the list was Joan Williams, former secretary to the late Des Traynor, a central figure in the Ansbacher scheme. Ms Williams settled her liability for under-declared income tax with a payment of €120,000.
The Ansbacher investigation also yielded a payment of €1.02 million from Ballsbridge-based businessman Michael Gerard Keane, former owner of paint and wallpaper business Gerry Keane Ltd.
There were seven settlements of more than €1 million on a list that named several publicans, farmers, company directors and building contractors as defaulters.
These include Co Sligo retired company director and farmer Séamus Quinn, who paid €1.82 million. South Dublin retired optician Thomas Carroll paid €1.72 million. Meath farmer Frederick Shekleton paid €1.5 million.
