Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are a number of tax issues. I agree with what was said by the Chairman. I am very much aware of individuals on both sides of the Border who work on both sides of the Border. As some of them are in an awful position taxwise and are really crippled, I very much favour the proposals made by Mr. O'Kane. I suggest to the Chairman that we write to the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, and send a copy to the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste. In this era of a shared island, and I know that we are very much in our infancy as a shared island, it is issues like that which need to be dealt with. It is the everyday issues for the people on the ground that are really important in a shared future and this is one of them. While this issue is complex, we need to bang heads together and find answers. I do not think that we have reached the stage where we are focused on this yet but maybe this is the start. Any help that we can be or if the witnesses feel the need to contact us offline at any stage then please feel free to do so, particularly from my perspective and the same applies to my Fianna Fáil colleagues.

My colleagues, Deputy Brendan Smith and Senator McGreehan, also want to ask a few questions.