Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals.
4:35 pm
Ms Brenda McVeigh:
It is very difficult to say. Currently, 16 countries are not opting into the agreement and multiple difficulties have been flagged by various countries. Malta has brought forward an interesting paper and the United Kingdom has been vocal in its opposition to the tax. If the Commission and the member states want all member states to go forward with a tax there cannot be any doubt but that adjustments will have to be made to the current proposal.