Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I note that the Minister of State is saying a second taxing master is to be appointed shortly. Will this be in a very short timeframe such as within the next three to four weeks, or will it be within the next six months? There is a backlog and it is unfair. There was a period during which the current Taxing Master was out on sick leave, for very genuine reasons, and there was no one at all available to deal with adjudication. I ask that the second person be appointed and that the new structures be set up at the earliest possible date. We have debated this matter. The legislation dates from 2015. We really need to move on. Where people are entitled to recover costs for work that they have done, on being successful in their case, they should not have to wait for two to three years to do so.