Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The US ensured that the EU dropped its digital tax proposals. That is the reality of what has been happening. As a small country that relies a lot on multinational investment, we had to protect our interests and seek guarantees and protections. We did exactly that. It is what any right-thinking Government should do.

I agree with the Deputy on one point. The offering from multinationals is, and always has been, about more than tax. It is about talent, infrastructure, and access to the European Single Market and the eurozone, to which I believe the Deputy is opposed. It is about commitment to free trade, which I believe the Deputy also is opposed to. Let us not forget one thing-----

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