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

Ms O'Brien spoke about transparency in the tax system. We had an announcement last week, after a year of investigations by the European Commission, that it had launched a formal investigation into one of the largest multinational companies incorporated in the State, based on a confidential tax ruling given by the Revenue Commissioners. Was Ms O'Brien surprised by this? I ask her to give her views on it because while the rate is set in legislation, the real issue is the potential for favourable treatment by officials of the Revenue Commissioners or others. Is that not what the Commission is investigating?