Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the engagement I had with officials on this, at no point did I receive guidance that it should be in place. A big feature of why our schemes have worked in the way they have is the only two features for accessing them have been where a company is with turnover and where it is with compliance. Behind that the company will have been impacted by public health regulations. The low level of cases in which dividends have been paid in a way that is of concern to the Deputy and to the committee indicate that few companies were able to do it across this period. The Deputy has named a taxpayer, which I will not do. Can the Deputy tell me how many people that taxpayer employs?