Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

These people are forced to employ bank staff and pay €35 an hour to access information to prove they have not been involved in tax evasion. This is a very strong issue on the canvass. People are very irate. The Government can intervene; the banks should not be the facilitators in this matter.

If people are to be penalised for something as simple as having €3,000 or €4,000 in an account, who will be penalised regarding the handling of the €15 million Punchestown affair? I am not raising this matter because it is in the Minister's constituency. Who will be penalised for the mishandling of Punchestown and who will be penalised for the mishandling of e-voting and the €55 million incurred? The vulnerable have been punished consistently since 1997.