Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition

12:30 pm

Ms Margrethe Vestager:

When we ask questions about how it came into place, of course, those who answer our questions will come with their own justifications. We take the facts of the case and the evidence and make up our mind in order to be able to take a decision. That is how it works. That is why, to some degree, we have different roles. We come at it from the Commission's side in terms of state aid control. If there has been illegal state aid, we work with member states to engage in recovery. Committee members have other roles in representing citizens.

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