Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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I am drawing comparisons between what is about to be agreed at this committee and what has been agreed under the last two motions, which would be the equivalent of a banking inquiry inviting in the architects, including the regulator, Minister for Finance and other Ministers present on the night of the bank guarantee and publishing a report which may include a recommendation to invite in the banks. That is exactly what this committee is doing here today. In my view, it is ridiculous that we are having a discussion on multinational corporation tax and this committee is so paralysed with fear it will not even suggest that we ask questions of any multinational company, which information they have voluntarily and willingly given to other parliaments in other jurisdictions.