Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners

9:30 am

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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As legislators, we are probably asked to look at all other issues. I refer, for example, to the HSE decision on Orkambi yesterday. We need to look at all the resources and where they are best applied. A failed challenge is not the best use of resources. I want to move on. I want it to be clear that I do not make any assertion to the effect that there has been political interference. Mr. Cody suggested to Deputy Michael McGrath that there was no political interference in respect of the case. How did he come to that determination? What trawl did the Revenue carry out? Did it question people?