Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Nobody here is casting any aspersions on the 150,000 workers who work in the multinationals that operate here. Nobody has suggested that any such aspersions should be cast. It is a complete red herring. I would like to pick up on a line of questioning from earlier in this meeting. Apple is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland. Does Mr. Redmond have any reason to believe the representatives of Apple were telling lies to the Senate congressional committee? Would it not be a serious matter if members of the chamber of commerce swore under oath and lied to a Senate congressional committee? Would Mr. Redmond's assumption be that his members told the truth at the Senate Congressional hearing when they said they believed there was a special tax arrangement with Ireland and when Tim Cook said there was a special tax incentive scheme? Does Mr. Redmond have any reason to believe they were stating anything other than the truth?