Michael Comiskey (Fine Gael)

I join with my colleagues in welcoming this stimulus package. I support my colleague, Senator Mullins's, call for a debate on job creation to be taken later in the year. There has been much talk about job creation but a number of worrying things have come to my notice in the past few days. Two people have set up small companies employing 12 to 15 people. Some 20% of the first company's income will be stopped at source by the Revenue Commissioners when it does work for public bodies. In the second case, the person has spent €100,000 on development charges but he is now being asked to spend another €150,000 on an access road to his business. This is very unfair. We must encourage people to create jobs but the likes of this will stop people from doing so.