Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 February 2017

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

EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners

9:30 am

Mr. Niall Cody:

As I said to the Senator, it is the job of Revenue to bring to the attention of Government loopholes that give rise to the erosion of the Irish tax base, when we come across the loopholes. The Deputy used the words "evasion" and "avoidance". If we come across tax evasion, it is not a loophole. We can raise assessments or do anything up to referral for prosecution. The loopholes are around the tax planning and tax avoidance area. When we come across loopholes that give rise-----

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