Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
9:00 am
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Obviously, the Department supports the role of the Chief Whip and we heard her recent comments, which were that if the EU pursued Ireland in respect of its corporation tax rate, we would not, to use her words, be seen for dust. In case that is lost in translation, it means we would withdraw from the EU. These same comments were echoed by the Taoiseach's former junior Minister for Finance, Mr. Brian Hayes. Does the Taoiseach share those views and think that Ireland would withdraw from the EU if there was an attempt to take taxation sovereignty from the State.
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