Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will not get involved in a particular opinion. I know Deputy Doherty and his party opposed us in defending the case as a State. Going forward, in terms of maintaining a stable business and personal tax regime in this country, our objective is to continue to work with international partners and to have consistency across international borders in relation to how laws operate and to ensure that we are working with those. By doing so and by engaging in that way, we give continued confidence to businesses in many parts of the world to continue to invest and to stay here.

On corporation taxes in general, Deputy Doherty's party had differing views on the matter at different times in the past. In many pre-budget submissions in the past, Sinn Féin advocated for changes and increases in the overall corporation tax rate. If we had followed his party's policy on corporation tax over the years, we would not have the many companies or the very strong international-facing economy with the strong international investment that we have today. I know Deputy Doherty has very significantly moderated his own views and his party's policy in relation to that in the recent past, and that is welcome.

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