I refer to the international tax agreement Bill which was recently on the second clár of upcoming legislation. Will it address serious allegations about the construction programme in the education, health and transport sectors and public procurement whereby significant numbers of the workforce working on the projects are black economy workers from another jurisdiction? They come from another jurisdiction which perhaps is part of our nation but not part of the jurisdiction; they are effectively working in the black economy on projects which were tendered for through the public procurement process. Would the Taoiseach have a concern if these allegations were true?

We do not deal with concerns on the Order of Business.

There is a committee dealing with the black economy; it is chaired by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

The Deputy has made his point.

The Minister for Education and Skills is very much aware of the issue also.

Does the Taoiseach recall the employment figures? Deputy Catherine Murphy, for example, raised them with him on the Order of Business. We were anxious about a downturn in the rate of increase and there was concern about what was causing the downturn. Could it have been caused by something in the construction industry? Will the Taoiseach investigate the issue?

Ministers are aware of it and we have had discussions about it. The legislation in respect of international tax issues will be taken later this year.