Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I thank the officials from both parties for coming to the meeting. They will be aware that representatives of a number of groups have appeared before the committee. Officials from the OECD attended a meeting in July and Mr. Frank Barr of Trinity College Dublin was here yesterday. The allegation that our tax structure is somehow flawed and benefits multinationals has not been proved to date. No evidence to that effect has been presented. I would like to pick up on a couple of points that have been made. Do the officials know whether IDA Ireland provides tax advice separately from the advice given by the Revenue Commissioners? Does it have a specific division that provides such a service? Do Revenue and the Department of Finance talk to IDA Ireland before it talks to multinationals?