Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have already relayed to the House my views on unanimity and the need for national sovereignty regarding particular tax matters to continue to be recognised by the European Union. I will continue to hold that view in the future, as I expect this House will as well. In fairness to the Deputy, while he may have raised questions regarding the speed at which change has been brought in and the motivation for that change, he has interrogated me on and at times welcomed the changes that have been made in recent finance Bills dealing with international taxation. This Government and the previous one brought in decisions like changing our transfer pricing rules, dealing with hybrids and aggressive tax planning and the sharing of information between countries to deal with that. We have a track record of making changes. I reaffirm my view on national sovereignty but I note the debate on international taxation will continue. I say that in recognition of the fact that the stance I have taken on dealing with the taxation of one company was recognised by the European General Court yesterday.

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