Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the equalisation of taxation all over the globe, which has been much pursued in some areas, as a nation we will not have too many friends. Whatever looks to be the most punitive is the one that will be foisted upon us. We have to be very tenacious in our pursuit. Our friends are ourselves. We will not have anybody else. I know some of the people pursuing the other option, such as Mo Ibrahim who spent a long time going around the world speaking about the tax haven that exists in this country and not for our benefit. He will be doing it again. There are several other people who have us in their sights. It will be down to the Revenue Commissioners and the Government to be very tenacious in this area. Otherwise we could suffer and it could happen very quickly.