Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation

Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG

3:20 pm

Mr. Philip Kermode:

I am not familiar with the details of this particular case as competition authorities have launched it. This relates to the confidentiality matter I mentioned. I cannot tell the Deputy the answer at this stage as I honestly do not know it. When it comes to how far the investigation may go back, it is largely a decision for the competition authorities and it will depend on the nature of the case being examined. I cannot give the Deputy any more precise detail.