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
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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This is where confusion arises. It is already included in double taxation agreements as a result of Ireland's participation in the OECD multilateral convention on the exchange of information. As further standards develop, Ireland will be one of the first countries to adopt them. Ireland has shown good faith in this area. Ireland is already including the provisions in the multilateral convention on the exchange of information in our taxation agreements.