Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To put Senator O'Sullivan's mind at ease, priests and clergymen pay tax and VAT on their income, like everybody else. I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Clifford-Lee, that the Leader would allow the corporate manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016 to go forward and to be printed.

I also wish to join other colleagues in asking that the Minister for Health come to the House to clarify the situation regarding the report in The Sunday Business Postlast Sunday concerning the nine emergency departments that are due to be closed. We are told there is no substance to this report, but I am reminded of a report a couple of years ago where it was stated in a Sunday newspaper that the Department of Defence was proposing to close a number of Army barracks around the country. We were told there was no substance to that and a number of months later the Minister for Defence sanctioned the closure of Army barracks, including Dún Uí Néill barracks in Cavan town.