Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation

Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue

3:35 pm

Mr. Gary Tobin:

I would certainly not say that we rely on that. That is one calculation of a measurement. Yesterday, issues were raised in regard to that. We do not rely on it at all. It is quoted from time to time. The first time I saw it was when it was in The Irish Times.