Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The following statement was given by an Apple representative to the Senate sub-committee hearings:

Since the early 1990s the government of Ireland has calculated Apple's taxable income in such a way as to produce an effective rate in the low single digits. The rate has varied from year to year, but since 2003 has been 2% or less.

That statement is contained within the exhibits relating to the hearings and is also contained in the information supplied to the sub-committee by Apple. The charge contained therein is not one I am making but that Apple is making in regard to our Government and its predecessors. I am asking the officials from the Revenue Commissioners and the Department how they can dismiss that claim by Apple?