Catherine Noone (Fine Gael)
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I apologise for not being here for the Minister of State's presentation but I was otherwise detained. I have quickly read through it. A proposal I noted in recent weeks is an EU digital tax that is being talked about and the French in particular seem to be keen to push a digital minimum tax internationally. It launched a campaign on this in the past few weeks and this proposal will be before the next Council meeting on 24 October. It is something that could be negative for Ireland, especially considering that Google, Facebook and various other such companies are located here. I understand that Fleur Pellerin is making a European tour but I do not know if it will include Ireland. I would be interested to know if that issue is on the Minister of State's radar or if it is one of the Government is aware or about which it is concerned.