John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Listening to the story about the next-door neighbour contacting the unemployed tradesperson, I remember when going to college in the late 1990s getting on the bus and seeing men get on with a bus pass - which I assume they had from the Department - in work gear. There is a culture in Ireland that believes backhanded payment for jobs is okay but the reality is that the State loses big time because it cannot put resources back into the country. If there are no final comments before wrapping up the session, I thank Mr. Philip Crampton, Mr. Michael Stone, Mr. Tom Parlon, Mr. Hubert Fitzpatrick and Mr. Dominic Doheny for coming here today and engaging. There is no doubt we will see them here again. The points have been noted and this is part of a bigger issue on which we are trying to work.