Brendan Ryan (Labour)

For the benefit of Senators from Trinity College who have a problem with our first language, I said that we should have brief statements on the appointment of the Language Commissioner.

Will the Leader arrange for a debate on the Revenue Commissioners? Twice in the past ten days, they have announced they will not prosecute anybody for breaches of the tax amnesty because they cannot get enough evidence. Furthermore, in spite of the fact that approximately 140,000 people opened illegal off-shore accounts, the commissioners cannot find any evidence that any bank encouraged them to do so. If the Revenue Commissioners are so bad at finding that sort of evidence, clearly someone else should do that part of the job for them and I would like the House to debate the issue.

Will the Leader confirm that the Government press secretary has not been indemnified by the State for yesterday's libel action?