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

2:35 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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I am a little disappointed that the Revenue has not placed its submission on the record although it is available from the Department of Finance. However, I would have liked to have seen Revenue's submission considering that Revenue is central to these hearings. Perhaps the submission could be furnished to the committee later because members are asking questions blindly.

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