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

Yes, we all acknowledge that automatic exchange is the best way forward and TIEAs have huge deficiencies. In the case of the latter, one must ask the right question and specify the correct information. If we are moving in the direction of automatic information exchange, as the Minister of State indicated, why then is a TIEA with Dominica being brought forward? Is it the case that we tried for an automatic arrangement with that country and were refused?