Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Gavin for his time. He has raised a couple of issues. One of them was the black market which we, as a committee, put a lot of work into last year. We have made a lot of recommendations to Government, some of which have been acted upon. However, we intend to pursue the matter. He is right that a lot of taxpayers' money is wasted and a lot of jobs could be created if that money was spent on jobs. We will work on the matter.

I thank everyone for their presentations. We will now have questions. I suggest we take all of the questions together because there is a third presentation to be made afterwards. Taking all of the questions together will test people's memory. For a change I shall call Senator Quinn first as he must leave early.