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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...and I am sharing these issues with the Oireachtas now because it has to go beyond the catch cry of "you are the uncaring Government that wants to do x, y and z and we are the people who are for apple pie" etc.. There is a real issue here. We could make things much worse is the point I am trying to make. We want to build up supply and we are doing it. We are up to 30,000 because of last...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...;efčovič to move on the protocol issue and to be flexible. We want intensive talks to commence between the UK Government and the European Union. Deputy Barry raised the ECJ. We did not discuss the Apple tax case. That is now with the courts and remains to be resolved.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: The question is in the context of my meeting with Vice-President Šefčovič. It is important to put on the record that we did not discuss the Apple case. The updates are there to be had in terms of the proceedings of the court and the court's timetable. I can get the update for the Deputy and communicate that to him. Deputy Conway-Walsh raised a separate issue on the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: .... We know car manufacturing, for example, has taken a big hit because of the insufficient supply of chips. That is happening in the real world. Production targets have been pulled back. We saw Apple's announcement this morning in respect of some of its endeavours.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of the Attorney General (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...predecessors, has personally represented the State in a number of cases before the courts since his appointment. The Attorney General had previously represented the State in a private capacity in the Apple tax case and he has continued to represent the State in this case since his appointment. He has also represented the State in the Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice since...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...direct investment model, over the past 50 years, since we decided to look outwards, we have attracted some of the best manufacturing facilities to Ireland, whether it is the Intels, Hewlett Packards or Apples of this world or the pharmaceuticals. Only this week, Pfizer announced that mRNA vaccine technology will come to Ireland to be manufactured in Grange Castle. That places Ireland at...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (15 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...key in respect of the 70% to 30% split so that now 30% will be used later to deal with the impact of Covid. It will take some time. In response to Deputy Barry's question, no I did not raise the Apple judgment with the President of the Commission, nor did he raise it with me. Obviously, that was a matter for the courts. The court has ruled and we either have regard for the rule of law...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: First, with regard to the Apple judgment, obviously we have the committee on economic recovery but the Cabinet as a whole will consider it this evening and will have a report on it. It is important to make the point that Ireland is only entitled to revenue within the law and legal framework. The essential judgment is that the Commission's decision is being annulled and so Ireland was not in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: On the Deputy's opening statement on Apple getting sorted and so on, Apple did not get sorted. Apple is also about workers. Apple has been in Ireland since 1980 and the court decision is that there was no state aid to Apple. This is the essential point that the court decided. Apple now employs 6,000 people throughout the country. This is important. There has been an ongoing view from...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...mechanisms are exhausted. There is a potential appeal by another party to this that would basically mean that no one could access the funding. That said, I would have no issue with a debate on the Apple ruling. It should be an informed debate. I am not sure how lengthy the judgment will be tomorrow and how ready the Dáil will be to have a meaningful debate on it tomorrow or...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Does that mean apple cider vinegar does not work?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...entirely false accusations made against some of the large companies that operate out of Ireland is that they are somehow brass plate entities or that they are only tax vehicles. That is nonsense. Apple has been one of the biggest employers in Cork for almost four decades. I can recall that in the late 1990s, when we had just entered into government, there was huge clamour from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...to work on that issue. The attacks on our largest employers have been far too simplistic and negative so far. What does the Taoiseach understand to be the likely timing of future movements in the Apple tax case?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Micheál Martin: I have just been thumbing through an article by Tony Connelly of RTÉ regarding our economic growth figures. Apple iPhone exports account for 25% of our growth according to an IMF estimate. Earlier I asked the Taoiseach about quantitative easing and low interest rates. There is a great deal to be unearthed yet from our economic data in the context of a discussion on the economy. With...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: ...with these companies at the highest level. The Taoiseach visited many companies which have been in Ireland for quite a long time on his trip to the west coast, including Microsoft, Amazon and Apple, among others. The consistent policy Ireland has had over recent decades is an important one and speaks to an industrial policy which, over four decades ago, was about making Ireland an open...

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----but it is a very good forum in which to promote Ireland and to engage with people who invest in Ireland. Ireland cannot solve all the global problems of the world but the bottom line is that Apple employ thousands of people in my city, as does EMC, Facebook and Google. All of those companies employ thousands of people.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: ...bit freer going around the place. Now, there is more fear and anxiety as a result of what has been said by President-designate Trump. Do we expect a full ruling from the European Commission on Apple? I am hearing rumours it will be out this week. It is important to get some channel of communication on that. Will the Taoiseach give me a report on the ongoing progress with the...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: Apple paid over €400 million to our Government alone and it is adamant that it had a worldwide tax rate of over 25%.

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: ...authorities also obsessed over the idea that Intel had a monopoly over processing technology for personal computers. Today they have failed to learn the lessons of the technology era and are focused on Apple, Google, Facebook and other technology leaders. They are making Europe a cold house for many innovative companies. The process by which President Junker was chosen was borderline...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: ...i gcoinne chinneadh an Choimisiúin. Cinneadh dochredite atá ann agus is léir go bhfuil an Coimisiún ag iarraidh rialacha nua a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le cúrsaí cánacha. Fostóir tábhachtach is ea Apple sa tír seo agus suas le 6,000 duine ag obair san chomhlacht. Caithfimid dul i gcoinne chinneadh an Choimisiúin. Tá sé...