Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I do not think we have a specific budget for it but, as the Deputy will be aware, businesses, through the EWSS, TWSS and other grants, have received €5 billion or €6 billion worth of taxpayers' money and we have terms and conditions around that. One relates to tax compliance, whereby we are not going to give large amounts of public money to companies that have not paid or do not pay their taxes. Another area is compliance with other laws. I think that in those scenarios, there would have to be a legal finding against the company that it had breached employment law. I do not think it could be refused the money on the assumption or allegation that it had.