Mr. Peadar Ó Scanaill:

Yes, I am familiar with it. The issue related to payment and withholding tax. Heretofore, the Department was paying anyone who was an employee of the practice carrying out the TB test, whereas it was the practice that was asked to conduct the TB test. The Revenue Commissioners clarified the matter for the Department and the Department then clarified it for us. It asked veterinary practitioners to sign a document saying whether they were employees or employers. It said that to be the service provider that was to be paid the money for the TB test, a practitioner had to be the employer and not the employee.