Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Coffey is talking about the stability of corporation tax, but in any event we are in the last chance saloon on some of the taxation measures we have. Sooner rather than later, certainly in terms of the OECD process, it would make sense to show, as we have done in other areas, including the area of corporation tax every year, that we are not, and do not want to be, the tax haven that others portray us as being.

Politically, that claim as regards tax is incredibly damaging to Ireland and a day will come when the balance of inward investment will be heavily affected by it.