Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. We have a low corporation tax at 12.5% compared to other countries, and I agree with that. To put it bluntly, it drives the public up the walls, and particularly PAYE workers, that the money is gone before one gets to see it. One does not get to see it except on the payslip at the end of the month. There is strong consensus politically on the 12.5%, but the 12.5%, as we know from other pieces of information that emerge from time to time, is hard to collect and determine. Is it the case that there is a culture or that some of the multinationals feel that they can play a little here? We provide the 12.5% and that is very welcome and proper, even though it is under scrutiny now by the OECD. Is it the case that some of the multinationals feel that they have, basically, a soft touch in Ireland?