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Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: However, I guess the banks are simply saying that anybody who does not pay and is making a choice not to pay is a strategic defaulter. In other words, if they do not pay their health insurance, put food on the table or pay for other necessities such as the petrol in their car, that is okay, but if they choose to pay for the petrol in their car or pay for necessities when they have a choice,...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: I have just one more sentence. It must be remembered that the blame for this crisis lies principally in one place, and those individuals and those institutions who should be shouldering that blame are the ones now being put in charge of its solution.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: 166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the issue of birth parents having to adopt their own natural children, as the Adoption Authority/State has no provision for step-parent adoptions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38960/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: I thank the three witnesses for their statement, which is a fair reflection of their success. There is no doubt about the IDA's success in bringing multinational companies into Ireland over a period of years. It is one of the stars of the semi-State firmament and I congratulate the witnesses on that. Ireland is proud of what they have done and the extraordinarily large household names they...

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: Are they paying enough? Are they so large that they can, if not necessarily gain sweetheart deals, use the international rules to their benefit and use Ireland as a conduit for funds and as a tax reduction mechanism? Mr. O'Leary would be aware more than anybody of the EU probe which came up in the Financial Times, the US Congress report and the audit of multinational companies which was...

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: While I understand Mr. O'Leary's point about international comparisons, I am doubtful that this is the right yardstick to use. It does not mean they should not pay more.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: International comparison is probably a little different. When the Apple situation broke in the US Congress, the chief executive made a statement that it had a special corporate tax rate deal with Ireland of 2%. Mr. O'Leary went to America very soon after that to counter that claim. Could he explain what he said to them?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: Yes, and to members of Congress whom he met to explain why they were claiming 2%.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: Could we talk about the corporate tax rate of 12.5%? Does anybody take any notice of headline figures anymore?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: What is the effective tax rate here?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: What does Mr. O'Leary tell people?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: What is the effective tax rate in France?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: So the headline rate is not very relevant in European countries.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: I know.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: So the 12.5% is not the relevant figure they examine, is it? The IDA flags that rate and it is a brand, but it is not the real figure. The French rate of 33% is utterly irrelevant if the effective rate is 8% or 9%.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: So we are competing with France on an approximately level playing field.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: How do the French get the effective tax rate down so low?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: Why do we not do special deals?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: Are the French, therefore, just playing competitive and not dirty?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: Are they giving sweeteners? That is what the IDA is accused of doing here.