Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This does not do anything to solve that. Reading through the Commissioner's speech, it is very difficult to reconcile when he says that it will have no impact on sovereignty but is using terms around putting an end to the tensions between national systems and member states having strength in numbers. If this base was agreed, how could High Court decisions on tax in this country be sustainable if they affect yields in France and Germany? The sovereignty of the country would be totally eroded if this proposal were to come to fruition.