Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Cody would not do it. I am just saying it so that he does not have to. Will Mr. Cody provide a breakdown of the report, An Analysis of 2015 Corporation Tax Returns and 2016 Payments? Revenue seems to have a great man in the form of Mr. Paul Tancred. Page 18 shows a diagram. Mr. Cody might have some information on this, although my question does not specifically relate to today's discussion on corporation tax. Everybody in Ireland comes from somewhere and has an interest in his or her own county. One of the diagrams shows employment by foreign-owned multinationals only. A second diagram shows employment by other companies, which presumably are not foreign companies. A third shows the employment share of foreign companies as a share of the employment provided by all companies.

Revenue must have some information about all employment, not just through companies. I am not talking about corporation tax. Is Mr. Cody able to provide an additional diagram showing the employment provided by foreign-owned companies relative to the total number of employees or however Revenue gathers its information in a county? These diagrams exclude the self-employed and public sector employees. Given that they provide good information otherwise, I suspect that the diagram I have requested might be useful. Maybe the CSO or some other body has that information. Will Revenue examine its statistics and determine whether this would be possible? This is not part of the corporation tax debate, only a means of providing information. These diagrams are interesting, but some Members of the Oireachtas would love to have it expanded upon. If Revenue is able to, well and good. If it cannot be done, then it cannot be done. I am coming at it from a different angle.