Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I listened to the Minister. FLAC will be in contact with him and I will contact it as well. The Minister is saying that, under the EU regulation, customers who are non-nationals must verify their eligibility for child benefit every six months. If that happens anyway, why is he introducing legislation allowing their employers to be contacted as well? In how many cases has the Department had difficulty dealing with an issue because it has been legislatively unable to contact an employer? Does the Minister understand what I am asking? How large of an issue is this for the Department?