Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Carthy pursed the issue of the intermediaries to its end in trying to get to a position. We know exactly what the position is in that regard. The intermediary must be tax compliant. However, if an intermediary is contracting a premises, the operator of the premises may or may not be tax compliant. We hope everyone is tax compliant. I ask that our guests would put together a register of those. Particularly if hotels and large venues are providing a range of services and there is a lot of State money involved, we want them to be tax compliant. I ask for that reconciliation to be done. This is not an argument. The right thing is being done. I understand that much of this had to happen quickly. I get that. People had to move fast and everybody was under a lot of pressure. However, as things now start to bed in, I would ask for that check to be done. Where an intermediary is perhaps arranging a number of venues, can we ensure those venues and their owners are tax compliant? I ask Mr. McCarthy and Ms Baxter whether that can be done. Let us imagine that Deputy Carthy is an intermediary and I own a hotel. Deputy Carthy has arranged to provide services for €500,000 for the year and I am getting €400,000. The intermediaries must get a profit margin because I presume they are registered with the Companies Registration Office. Are they sole traders? What are they?