Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)

I believe they are still inside the OECD agreement and pillar 2 and those countries are participating in the OECD reaction to all this and making clear they are committed to the OECD process. Therefore, the answer to the Deputy’s question is that, yes, I believe they are still in it. I have not spoken to EU finance ministers on this particular tax issue in the last number of weeks but it was discussed at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, ECOFIN breakfast that took place a week ago. At that meeting, most of the finance ministers whose countries were affected by this decision did contribute and in those contributions they made clear they were committed to the OECD framework. However, a lot of issues have now been raised by this for Ireland and Europe. I will spend some time considering them and will answer the Deputy’s questions on that in the time ahead.

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