Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

They do not. They said before the election they would not do it, and they showed a way to raise a similar amount of money, but they will not do that because they are bringing it in on everybody else. It is not true to say they have to do it. Ministers, including the Minister, Deputy Howlin, in this Chamber and the Minister, Deputy Noonan, in the Dáil, have said repeatedly that the IMF does not care what the Government does as long as the targets are reached. Senator Landy has an alternative but he intends to spread it around to everybody. He will be lashed by Deputy Seamus Healy and by Mattie down in south Tipperary because this is an unfair tax.