Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a suggestion separate from that in the amendment. In view of Deputy Boyd Barrett's frequent comments on the EUROSTAT report showing an implicit rate of 6.8%, would the Minister of State ask his officials and perhaps the Revenue Commissioners to revert to the committee with a written report giving the Minister of State’s interpretation of the EUROSTAT report and how EUROSTAT's view can be reconciled with the Department’s view that the effective rate is close to 12.5%. It might add to our body of knowledge. We have this debate regularly and do not seem to move on.