Mr. John Arkins:

Revenue has already started that process. It has turned up to an awful lot of people's places of work and it is asking these questions now.

We believe Revenue is doing it now but we do not know to what extent. However, we know the extent of the problem within the industry. It would be remiss of me to speak about the industry in a negative way because I have worked in it for 27 years and I love my job. Only two years ago, we set up the association. It was our constitutional right to do so and we are the registered trade union under the Acts. We talked to our employers and raised our concerns with them. We have agreements with those employers. They have no issues with entering into an agreement with their workers. There are some serious problems in the industry at the moment and the employers are working with us to deal with them. However, vested interest groups are interfering because they want to destabilise what we are doing.

Revenue has a huge role to play. As far as we are concerned, if one does not fulfil the criteria set out in section 41 of the legislation, one should not be funded. The Minister should not sign any section 481 certification until all of the checks have been carried out, including whether there is quality employment.