Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Commission has asked the equivalent of supplementary questions and we are providing the replies now. The work is going on now. From the date we received the request, we estimate it will take about three weeks. We should be able to send the material requested before Christmas. Any possible decision has now gone into the new year, however. The other relevant information in which the Deputy might be interested is that the Dutch have launched an appeal against the adverse finding on Starbucks. As such, the Deputy can see how things are developing. The Commission is handing down rulings and the member states are taking them to the European Court.