David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is very serious to accuse the head of a multinational company who is giving sworn evidence. This is a very high powered committee in the US. It is illegal to give false testimony to the US Senate. If we have the head of Revenue, or somebody in Revenue who is in a senior position in this State, who is saying that Tim Cook gave false information under oath, or gave incorrect information or maybe his interpretation of what he said, but he gave wrong information to a Senate hearing, that is very serious. It was not just Mr. Cook who gave this information, it was also the head of tax in Apple, who went further and said that this arrangement meant that the company could calculate tax at 2%. Apple was under pressure at that hearing and the representatives said what they said I think it is very serious when Mr. Cody says, and he may be correct, that the information was incorrect. I think that is serious for Apple as a company. It raises more questions on this issue. Does Mr. Cody accept that it is a very serious matter for Apple if its representatives gave incorrect information to a Senate hearing?