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Private Members' Business - Cuts in Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (24 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: 497. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason that in the case of adoptions from Russia, from which many Irish citizens are seeking to adopt children, a statutory prohibition on the time frame as the eligibility of an individual to become a parent applies, when it is an accepted fact that Russian adoptions are taking an exponentially long time and many potential parents...

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

Shane Ross: I can understand Mr. O'Leary's interpretation of it and why he must be very defensive about it because it is something IDA Ireland has sold. Does he reject the statements in the media and elsewhere that this is a tax research loophole?

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

Shane Ross: The numbers claiming it and the costs have rocketed since 2008.

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

Shane Ross: Yes, I accept that. I ask Mr. O'Leary to take us through the other more controversial areas about what Ireland offers to multinationals and IDA Ireland companies. Is transfer pricing abused?

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

Shane Ross: Mr. O'Leary is aware of it.

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

Shane Ross: Yes, but this is a sensitive issue. Is there not a danger that there is room for abuse? There are accusations of abuse. If changes are made, it could affect multinational investment in this country because they regard Ireland as a good - it is sometimes referred to in rather pejorative terms - conduit state where they can put the money in, transfer it out and do a few little dodges like...

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

Shane Ross: I do not know how the double Irish works, even though it has been explained to me 100 times. Will Mr. O'Leary explain to me how it works?

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

Shane Ross: Double Dutch.

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

Shane Ross: It is bad for Ireland to have these particular little dodges and to be used as a conduit. It is quite obvious that Apple used the place to warehouse €77 million.

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

Shane Ross: No. I believe it helps it that there are all of these dodges here. It is actually an asset - they see it as a conduit. I am concerned about whether we get enough out of it - whether we condone it without actually getting anything out of it. The property values have been marked down by €191 million. How does IDA Ireland work that out? What formula is it using for the reduction in...

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

Shane Ross: It is done by auctioneers, valuers. By how much are they marked down? By how much has the average property value reduced?

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

Shane Ross: They said €191 million.

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

Shane Ross: I would appreciate it because it is important.

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

Shane Ross: I would be interested in the detail of the amount of the markdown, what IDA Ireland has written off and the details of various buildings. I would like as much as Mr. O'Leary can supply without it being commercially sensitive.

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.

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

Shane Ross: Are they working to difficult rules?

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

Shane Ross: Is that unfair?

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

Shane Ross: Do IDA officials sell research and development when they are abroad as a significant and important part of the package given to multinational companies?