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

3:20 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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That is not the case when the Minister of State brings before us treaties that do not include the spirit of what the OECD is looking for in terms of spontaneous information exchange. The Minister of State's commentary in terms of Ireland wanting to be a leader in this area and its having been to the fore on this matter would be matched if the agreements before us today were more robust in relation to spontaneous information exchange.