Yesterday the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins, said he would occasionally like to hear some good news in the House. I have some good news for it.

It is very welcome.

This morning PayPal and the Taoiseach announced the creation of another 400 jobs which will be based at the Ebay European operations centre in Dundalk and are in addition to the 1,000 PayPal posts announced almost two years ago.

Well done, Senator.

It will bring the combined PayPal and Ebay employee numbers in Dundalk to 18,050 by 2018. The investment is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland. PayPal is a world leader in online and mobile payments, making it easier, more secure and more intuitive for people to pay whenever and wherever they want. Its centres in Dublin and Dundalk manage 60 million active accounts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The 400 jobs announced this morning will be filled by 2018, bringing PayPal's total Irish workforce to 2,900. The Government was delighted to support the creation of these new jobs in Dundalk which will provide new opportunities for people across the north east. The announcement further enhances Ireland's reputation as a prime location for global businesses and is a tribute to our talented and flexible workforce.

Is the Senator requesting a debate on it?

It is good news and the Cathaoirleach should give me another minute. Mr. Barry O'Leary, CEO of IDA Ireland, who is about to retire said, "PayPal’s growth in Dublin and Dundalk is one of the largest projects the IDA has ever been involved in bringing to Ireland."

The Senator is way over time.

We can have a debate to see if we can get 300 or 400 jobs in the Leader's home city of Waterford.

I call Senator Diarmuid Wilson.

It is nice to bring good news.

I join Senator Terry Brennan in welcoming the additional 400 jobs PayPal will provide in Dundalk. I pay tribute, yet again, to the European vice president of PayPal, a native of County Laois, Ms Louise Phelan, who has been instrumental in enlarging the workforce in the company. As Senator Paul Coghlan has pointed out, her brother was a former colleague of ours, the late Senator Kieran Phelan. Ms Phelan is going from strength to strength in providing employment in the country. The additional 400 jobs in Dundalk will prove very beneficial to whole north east of the country, including counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Meath and further afield. I very much welcome the news to which Senator Terry Brennan alluded.

I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, come to the House to clarify what he means by reversing the decision on discretionary medical cards. As Senator Marc MacSharry outlined this morning, 30,000 people have lost the so-called discretionary medical cards. The Minister said 15,300 would be restored, while in the Dáil the Taoiseach said 13,500 would be restored. Whoever is correct, more than 15,000 people will not have their discretionary medical cards restored. It is important that the Minister come to the House this afternoon to outline what he means by the reversal of the decision to take discretionary medical cards from the most vulnerable in society. As I said a number of weeks ago, it is time for backbenchers - in particular Fine Gael backbenchers since Labour Party backbenchers are obviously being ignored by their party - both Deputies and Senators, to stand up and outline what is happening on the ground. It did not happen when we were in government. We were not listened to and look what happened in the general election that followed. Backbenchers should stand up for the people they are here to represent and not let the Government get away with what it is doing.