Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts

10:00 am

Photo of Robert DowdsRobert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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That will be very useful. Mr. Cody has already answered my next question to some extent. Will he indicate, however, whether there is a case in favour of the EU putting in place huge trade embargos in respect of tax havens such as Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man and so forth?

In regard to some of the tax havens, whether Switzerland, the Cayman Islands or the Isle of Man, is there a need for that sort pressure to be applied to those places?