Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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This bears much more serious debate and scrutiny. The Minister has his position and it is slightly condescending to suggest that I do not understand. The problem is that this issue lacks transparency and there is a deep reluctance to have a serious debate. Instead we are warned by the Minister that jobs will be endangered if we dare to even look at this issue. I refer to statements from people around the world who are not of the radical left persuasion such as in the United States and Britain. For example, Chatham House is saying that Ireland is a tax haven and that we are facilitating a situation where multinational companies making extraordinary levels of profits are managing to avoid paying any serious amount of tax.