Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not believe I have ever heard representatives of the CSO say they are extremely concerned - a very strong term - about the mandatory exchange of confidential identifiable enterprise-level data. The committee will need to meet in private session to discuss our approach to that. Other than the burden being released from the MNCs, from the Commission's perspective what is the great advantage of this proposal? The CSO has indicated that in the medium term the burden will actually increase rather than decrease for the relevant exporters - the 2,000 out of 14,000 that make the vast bulk of the exports. Why is it pushing this so hard?