Seanad debates

Wednesday, 6 November 2002

I also ask the Leader to provide time tomorrow to debate a second matter. We do not have a hectic schedule either today or tomorrow as there is a dearth of legislative measures from the Government. Therefore, we can have these debates. Will the Leader provide time tomorrow for the Minister for Finance to come to the House and respond publicly to the highly critical report published by the Ombudsman about the Revenue Commissioners? Substantial amounts of money were not given by them to widows, among others, and we must have a response from the Government. Does it plan to introduce legislation? What is the legal position? The Ombudsman believes the Revenue Commissioners have the discretion to pay back this money which is owed, but this has not been done because of the bureaucratic mindset of some of our public institutions. There is an urgent need to debate this serious matter. Tomorrow will provide us with the opportunity to do so.

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