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
2:45 pm
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Yes, that is very interesting. Can Mr. Tobin confirm whether he was the official in the Department of Finance who telephoned Apple after the hearing recommendations emerged? It is a matter of public record, as indicated by the Minister for Finance, that telephone calls were made to Apple after the publication of those recommendations on 21 May. The CEO of Apple subsequently indicated that the company had given the wrong information to the Senate hearings.