Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We all know what we have to put down. I cannot table an amendment that does not call for a report and I could not table this issue unless it was written in that format. We know that and the Minister would have known that if he was the Opposition finance spokesperson. Those are the rules and these amendments would be ruled out of order otherwise. The spirit of this is to raise the issue flagged by the Comptroller and Auditor General, acknowledging that we have a high threshold. It is not really a contentious issue. It does not tax those people any more, it just allows for greater gathering of data in a way that we can compare. We will never be able to compare exactly because each jurisdiction is different but at least it would be more in line with where some of the other jurisdictions are.