Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

You can, if it helps workers to get a better standard of life and if it helps Ireland through the crises that have come before us and face us into the future. That is why taxation is there, to ensure the tax is aimed at the right people - those who are making huge profits. That is why people are talking about the audiovisual sector. I will not go down that road, but it is vital. People say it will be passed on to those who are paying for these services in the first place. That has not been seen to happen in other countries, since the companies have so much money. I will not labour that point.

We need to ensure we get the best benefit from the legislation. There seems to be new legislation every single year, as we plug holes or as issues are identified that, if we make a small change, can benefit the industry as a whole. I have no problem with this legislation.

We should take the opportunity over the next year, if at all possible, to try to get legislation other than this very narrow legislation where we can thrash out some of the other issues, if there is a need, as others and I believe there is, to plug holes in areas that are causing angst among some and major hardship to people who are trying to be workers in the industry but who have been sidelined or blacklisted over years.

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