Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

It is important to highlight the fact that the proposals for the Order of Business were changed an hour or two ago from those we had originally received. The changes relate to a correct decision made by the Government which had been prompted by a telephone call made by me to the Chief Whip’s office, about an original proposal to have a European directive on country by country reporting on corporate tax requirements transposed into Irish law and the decision by the Standing Order 112 Select Committee on subsidiarity for the Dáil to vote on it today without debate. This is an important matter to do with dealing with corporate tax evasion and a recommendation of the select committee that we not debate it. I am glad that the Government conceded, on foot of the representations made by me, to a debate on it tomorrow. However, the House needs to know that this important issue was not going to be debated. Everyone needs to understand how significant it is because we are dealing with the controversial and significant issue of country-by-country reporting and attempts by the European Commission to deal with corporate tax evasion.

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