Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Okay, Mr. Byrne does not believe that is the case but I do not think that is credible. I find it hard to believe that Mr. Byrne thinks it is credible that it was just by accident that these entities were established in the Isle of Man and Jersey. However, that is fine. At least we have an answer.

Mr. Byrne disputes some of the points made in Colm Keena's article, including that leaked files from the Isle of Man offices of offshore law firm Appleby reveal Government-owned AIB also refused to give the Revenue Commissioners access to data on its offshore customers when responding to a court order in 2015. Mr. Byrne believes that is inaccurate. Regardless of how one interprets that sentence it is not an arrow-----