Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Ajai Chopra:
Yes, okay. The issue of the corporate income tax was one of ensuring that growth would not be ... be harmed by more than necessary given the choice of measures. The corporate tax was a central feature of Ireland's business model at the time, to the extent that a country has a business model, and even though there may be a good case to address this over the medium term, we did not think that this needed to be a part of the programme at that time.
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