Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I join with Senator Brennan in welcoming the 400 eBay jobs to be located in Dundalk and I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Bruton and the previous Minister for the work they put into achieving this outcome as well as the PayPal jobs that located to Dundalk more than 12 months ago. It is good news for the north east.

Our Leader, Senator Darragh O'Brien called on the Minister for Justice and Equality to come into the House to discuss the crisis that exists in the force, An Garda Síochána. Morale is at a very low ebb, not alone do the Garda not have the resources to carry out their jobs to the best of their ability, they are looking at pay and conditions being cut. This is not acceptable. I join our Leader in calling for the Minister, Deputy Shatter to come into this House to answer our questions.

May I request the Leader to communicate with the Minister for Finance? I understand that the Revenue Commissioners have been unable to process rebates that were due to PAYE workers for the past five weeks due to a difficulty with the computer system. As we are to task the Revenue Commissioners with the complicated matter of setting the property tax, could the Minister ascertain the difficulty in sending out rebates to PAYE workers, whom Revenue notified of their entitlement before Christmas? They were looking forward to receiving the rebate and in many cases they are depending on it.