Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Everyone will agree that Ireland's corporation tax rate and our capacity to determine it are key components of our economic strategy. We must do all we can to protect it. Our corporation tax rate should not and cannot be used as a stick with which to beat us in the negotiations ahead. I ask the Minister whether, as part of the preliminary negotiations or discussions he has had with our European partners, Ireland's neutral status or corporation tax rate was discussed. Did these issues come up at any of the meetings he attended to discuss and agree the Brexit negotiation guidelines?

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