Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance

Double Taxation Agreements: Minister of State at the Department of Finance

3:10 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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I appreciate that.

The exchange of information has been referenced earlier in terms of the plans of the OECD. Those plans incorporate spontaneous information exchange and a move towards multilateral tax treaties. Why does the Government pursue bilateral agreements with countries that do not involve the spontaneous exchange of information?