Revenue consists of a Chairman and two Commissioners all of whom have the status of Secretary General as used in Departments of State. The first Commissioners, appointed by William Cosgrave, were Mr. Charles J. Flynn, Mr. William Denis Carey and Mr. William T. O'Brien, the chairman.1 The current Commissioners are: Chairman Josephine Feehily,2 and Commissioner Michael O'Grady.3 Additionally there are approximately 7,000 full-time equivalent staff.citation needed
Revenue are based in Dublin Castle and use a symbol of its gates as its logo, while its staff of almost 7,000 work in almost all of the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland. The motto of Revenue translates as "to serve the community by fairly and efficiently collecting taxes and duties and implementing Customs controls".
From April 1979 until June 2000 Revenue had control of the issue of the Personal Public Service Number (Revenue and Social Insurance Number) to individuals. In 1991 it delegated a block of numbers to the Department of Social Welfare and on June 19, 2000 the issuing was transferred to the department entirely.
