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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...to the extent that a question mark may be held overconfidence in the economy from the perspective of foreign direct investment, for example. I also wish to inquire about the degree to which Apple is being deemed or implied to have had a special sweetheart deal with the Government. I have asked many questions about this context over the years, as did the Minister when he was in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...and can get into an electric car or truck and drive in any direction they wish to go about their business. The Cathaoirleach will be glad to know I am coming to an end. I get worried about the Apple escrow fund from time to time. Occasionally, someone raises the issue. For example, it has been raised in the European institutions in recent weeks, with doubt cast over it. To what extent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I will make another suggestion. I am seeking to ascertain the degree to which this can be expanded. Certain tree varieties, such as apple trees and pear trees, can be used for three purposes: for decorative purposes at certain times of the year, for food purposes, and for wood purposes when their lifespan has dissipated. Has any evaluation been done of the utilisation of wasteland,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Commissioner Mairead McGuinness on priorities for her term of office and EU Commission matters (9 Dec 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...country and across Europe. I know that the Commissioner's heart is in the right place and that there are other hearts in different locations across Europe. My final point is in regard to the Apple case. I profoundly disagree with Deputy Doherty's remarks in that regard. I do not accept the case he put forward. I had occasion to dispute this issue with a former Commissioner for...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...it is possible at all. I do not know how the isolation of people for ten or 14 days after air travel will work. I want to address the comparison with New Zealand. It is chalk and cheese, or apples and oranges. There is no comparison to be made with a country with vast areas with very little population and little air travel compared to our situation. We live in a country with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ..., and compare it with the private sector. It must be possible to make a comparison on a like for like basis. I do not accept that it cannot be done and it is like comparing chalk and cheese or apples and strawberries. It is possible and needs to be done as a matter of urgency because otherwise we will continue to embarrass ourselves by suggesting that something is wrong that we cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...time and such. I have a couple of questions along the lines pursued by my colleague. One relates to the comparison of costs with other OECD countries. There was a point that it is like comparing apples and oranges. The parliamentary financial advisory body has said something similar. We need a basis for this argument. It is not rocket science. It is very simple to figure out what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...made available. I had to make a decision that that was not going to work and I was right. It is all very well telling mere Dáil Deputies that this is not comparing like with like, that it is apples and oranges and that it is very difficult to solve it. As long as we keep on that route, we will never provide a health service that is efficient, effective and accessible. We need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Multi-Annual Financial Framework after 2020: European Commission (12 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ..., on profits made by multinational corporations in other European member states and non-member states. That is one of the things looming ahead of us. There is a court case pending in respect of Apple at present. We have to look after our own business to the best of our ability. That means we need to be treated fairly and we need to recognise that everybody is entitled to be treated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): IBEC (28 Mar 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...now been dragged into the area of competition and state aid and is being examined by other EU Commissioners. We know there is a report pending which will have an impact in respect of the so-called Apple tax. Unfortunately, there seems to be a jealously of the 12.5% corporation profits tax this country has enjoyed and promoted recently - indeed, promoted for other countries. We do not...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: ...facilities that are available to develop, as has been done in other parts of Europe and elsewhere. We need to be watchful about some of the thinking in Europe regarding what is known now as the Apple tax. Some countries see a great opportunity of curtailing Ireland's economic activity, but for what reason? Of course, there is a simple reason. They want more foreign direct investment...

Other Questions: Economic Data (24 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: ...relates to the need for ongoing monitoring of the economy with particular reference to the economic indicators affected by recent developments such as US economic retrenchment, Brexit, and the Apple tax decision, all of which will have an impact on them one way or the other.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Bernard Durkan: ...the United States and the discouragement of the international community in terms of foreign direct investment. We have our own begrudgers in Europe. Some speak out on a regular basis, for example, about the Apple tax. It is now suggested Ireland should collect taxes on profits earned in other jurisdictions, which is completely at variance with the regulations. It also represents an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Bernard Durkan: ...to ask some questions. Does the Commissioner accept that the 12.5% profits tax was applied to all manufacturing in Ireland by the company concerned? All the public commentary claimed Apple had paid no tax or a tax rate of 0.005%. It was claimed this was done by amalgamating the total earnings of the company throughout Europe and other non-European countries and attributing them to Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...is sufficient to convince us that they are to be taken seriously? I refer, in particular, to Members of the European Parliament who have opined that there can be only one outcome to the so-called Apple tax issue, namely, that Ireland will lose. One presumes the honourable and enlightened MEPs also have access to the judges at the European courts. I do not think so and I reject and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...comment on this country in what I would regard as a condescending way. I also heard the head of a committee in the European Parliament make a prediction about an appeal in respect of the Apple situation to the effect that there was zero possibility of Ireland or Apple succeeding. My question is whether this person feels he also has control of the courts or whether they have gone by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of Slovak Presidency of European Council: Slovak Ambassador to Ireland (8 Sep 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...centre of the European Union but at its outer perimeter. This issue has come into focus in recent days, as the ambassador will realise, as a result of the European Commission's decision in the Apple case. Ireland strongly resents the attitude taken by the Commission in this case. If applied broadly throughout the European Union in respect of other issues affecting different member...

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: ...and worldwide but I am sorry to have to suggest that in most democracies attempts to achieve this have failed so far. I presume if we re-examined the theory of gravity and the case of the falling apple, we could qualify the theory in various ways and perhaps disprove it. However, I am interested to know how one part of the Government, the lower end, will prove that it will deliver health...