MEP for Dublin Paul Murphy says staff at the Revenue Commissioners have been told that calls are no longer being recorded due to data protection concerns.

A spokesperson for Revenue said calls in some areas were no longer being recorded during a reconfiguration of the system.

She also said Revenue "do not consider that there are data protection concerns", but stopped short of saying there were none.

Revenue also says those who phone them are advised that calls are recorded.

But Paul Murphy says staff at Revenue told him it is for data protection reasons.