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

The issue I am highlighting is how we will deal with a proposal for a directive on country by country reporting on the European Union's efforts to clamp down on aggressive tax avoidance by multinationals. As we all know, this country and companies operating here are at the centre of that controversy. This is specifically directed at multinationals. I find it extraordinary that an all-party committee agreed that the matter should be decided on in the Dáil without debate. I also find it extraordinary that there is not a bigger appetite for a longer and more substantial debate on the matter. Essentially, we are evoking the principle of subsidiarity to prevent an effort to deal with aggressive tax avoidance by multinationals.

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