I am not against workers. I made that quite clear.

The union representing the workers is very clear.

We know who the Taoiseach is serving.

We are on the Order of Business; this is not a debate.

The union representing the workers has been very clear that this is something it welcomes on behalf of the 20,000 workers it represents.

The Taoiseach can spin it any way he likes: it is disgusting.

I am not spinning it. The Deputy just wants to grab a headline.

We are on the Order of Business.

I accept that; I am just responding to the points that were made by the Deputy.

The matter to which Deputy Boyd Barrett referred has been raised previously.

Could we have a debate or statements on the matter?

There is no time for statements. The bottom line is that it is coming forward. It will be increased by €5,000. There is a look-back facility.

Can we have statements on the thresholds before the end of term?

We will see if we can or not, through the Business Committee, but there is limited time for a whole lot of things.

We have been asking for this for months.

Deputy Mac Lochlainn has asked for an update on mica. I will ask the Minister to forward an update to him.