Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

Does the Minister accept there is cross-party consensus in opposition to corporation tax harmonisation across the European Union? What is his opinion on the agreements that exist in other areas of taxation? There is already agreement on low level energy tax and there have been proposals by President Chirac for an aviation tax for developing a fund for a common EU approach to foreign aid. Has the Government articulated its position on those and other common tax issues in the EU?

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