From 2008 to date the VAT Department paid out €3,848,230 in interests to overtaxed persons, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech told Labour MP Josè Herrera in reply to a parliamentary question.
The amounts paid out were €463,031 in 2008, €732,573 in 2009, €1,895,799 in 2010 and €756,827 to date in 2011.