Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals.
5:05 pm
Mr. Gary Tobin:
Obviously. Moreover, under the Commission proposal it would be an optional system. To elaborate briefly, for a number of very large European companies, this is what is perceived to be attractive about the system, because they would not be obliged to join it. They could choose to opt in or to opt out, possibly depending on under which system they would pay less tax.