Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat agus fáilte ag an coiste. We appreciate the fact that there is a legal case and that some of this will be technical. We will all have to wait the course. The die is cast. Unfortunately, this State is going to spend many millions of taxpayers' money that the Revenue Commissioners collect to fight a case so that we do not take in €13 billion - possibly up to €18 billion - that could help those same taxpayers. Another case on which we spent taxpayers' money was that relating to Santander, which had nothing at all to do with this. Ireland decided to join that case because it was obviously thought that it was going to assist in the Apple judgment. The case was lost and it was money down the drain for the Irish taxpayer. Did Revenue give any advice to the Department or any Government official or body in respect of whether Ireland should join the Santander case?