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

2:05 pm

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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When the issue was thrashed out in a public forum in the United States Senate committee - I know the Government undertook a diplomatic initiative through the ambassador in Washington, issuing a letter to the committee concerned - would there have been any direct contact between the Revenue Commissioners or the Department of Finance here and the authorities in the US on the concerns they raised and some of the allegations they made against Ireland at that time which have proven to be damaging?