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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The following statement was given by an Apple representative to the Senate sub-committee hearings: Since the early 1990s the government of Ireland has calculated Apple's taxable income in such a way as to produce an effective rate in the low single digits. The rate has varied from year to year, but since 2003 has been 2% or less.That statement is contained within the exhibits relating to the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Unfortunately, the clock is ticking in terms of the time allotted to me for questions and answers.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am well aware of the tax code in regard to small companies. The statement to which I referred was made to the Senate hearings by a representative of Apple. That company provided a lot of information to the hearing over a number of weeks because it was the case study. In disputing the claim, Mr. O'Dea is effectively saying it was blatantly wrong. Does he accept that?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, that is very interesting. Can Mr. Tobin confirm whether he was the official in the Department of Finance who telephoned Apple after the hearing recommendations emerged? It is a matter of public record, as indicated by the Minister for Finance, that telephone calls were made to Apple after the publication of those recommendations on 21 May. The CEO of Apple subsequently indicated that...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Is Mr. Tobin saying the call was unsolicited on a political level, that it came from the Department itself?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The company in question has a relationship with the Department of Finance in that its representatives would have met senior departmental officials under previous Governments. I find it astonishing, however, that the Secretary General of the Department would make a suggestion to the company that it should approach the Government to discuss improved adoption of Apple's products. Would it be...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I accept that such meetings can be entirely innocent. I am aware that the Secretary General has met representatives of the company in question on two other occasions to discuss ICT, knowledge performance and so on. My question relates to the relationship between the company and the Department. It comes down not to the tax rate but the arrangements between the Department and certain...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: What Mr. Tobin has described is perfectly normal and innocent. Companies tender for e-Government contracts all the time. It is increasingly the direction in which we are moving. That, however, is completely different from the issue I am raising today, as outlined in the documents before me and on the basis of the freedom of information request I submitted. The issue is that the Secretary...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I am a little disappointed that the Revenue has not placed its submission on the record although it is available from the Department of Finance. However, I would have liked to have seen Revenue's submission considering that Revenue is central to these hearings. Perhaps the submission could be furnished to the committee later because members are asking questions blindly. Since the early...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: If I may begin again. Since the early 1990s the Government of Ireland has calculated Apple's taxable income in such a way as to produce an effective rate-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: -----in the low single digits-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I appeal to the Chair-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: -----to please shut the Deputy up. He has had his opportunity.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is the job of the Chair to protect my space in which to ask questions of the witnesses-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: Discussion with Department of Finance and Revenue (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: If I was allowed to ask the question, it would be seen that I am not making any charge. I ask the Chair to please prevent the Deputy from interrupting me for the third time.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Curaclam Scoile (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon phlé aige leis an Roinn Oideachas agus Scileanna maidir le hathbhreithniú ar an gcuraclam do scoileanna Gaeltachta; an mbeidh aon ionchur aige ar na téarmaí tagartha d’aon athbhreithniú den chinéal sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [38491/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available from his Department to the aviation leasing industry including exemptions from VAT and other forms of taxation and an estimation of the value of the exemptions to the Exchequer and the number employed in this sector. [36901/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Debt (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any concerns over the independence of StepChange Debt Charity as the selected third party service provider for the Central Bank's pilot scheme for multi-debt restructuring given that it is funded by financial institutions. [37308/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Debt (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of financial institutions currently operating here funded directly or through their British associates, StepChange Debt Charity. [37309/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the total paid to a special manager (details supplied) in County Kildare since their appointment. [37369/13]