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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Apple was a company dealing with the Revenue on the same basis as any other company. The point I make is that to state that Ireland is a tax pirate is grossly inaccurate. Mr. Tang was showboating a bit on the radio this morning. It is not an accurate picture of what we provide here in terms of jobs. I wish to deal with a couple of points to which the witnesses might respond. If the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: It was up to successive French Governments to change the tax law in France if they so wished. It is their sovereign right. The witness cleverly mentioned Apple but it employs 6,000 people in Cork and it is an enormous employer in Ireland. The case is under appeal. The throwaway remark from the witness is not necessarily correct. The digital tax platform is under discussion in Europe but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Coffey think that may have brought about some of the uncertainties with regard some of the companies that we are hearing about now? In terms of companies like Apple, that certainty was not there or that level of expertise. I can see Mr. Coffey's point. Essentially he is saying that this is going to become the norm in terms of Ireland battling in the international tax arena.

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)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...fairness or the right of defence. It was unexpected by all and sundry. Was it in any way dictated by the American election? That was going very hard at the time, and there was talk that Apple and other companies that had money that had not been effectively taxed to date would be subject to discussions with the incoming President, whoever that was going to be. As it transpired it was...

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)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did they make plain to the Commissioner or make reference to her that the US would be looking to collect taxes on such moneys from Apple and other similar companies?

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)

Kieran O'Donnell: Section 25 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is the section under which this ruling with Apple was arrived at by the Irish tax authorities at the time. The Commissioner keeps saying that it is about state aid, but this particular section was available to be availed of by any multinational company. Under that particular section, any company is required to come up with a methodology on...

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)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...There appears to be a contradiction in what Ms Vestager is saying. In one breath she accepts the sovereign right of the Irish tax authorities to effectively provide tax law, which they have done. Apple applied for tax rulings on the methodology for calculating the profits and then applied them. Ms Vestager accepts that both companies were non-resident for tax purposes under Irish law....

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to take up the previous speaker on a couple of points. She is peddling false propaganda. The €13 billion is not available to the Irish public. If she were to read the Apple ruling and the 2014 ruling she would see that they were contradictory. They mentioned the €13 billion but said some of it could belong to the US. Subsequent to that, the OECD has said that the...

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Kieran O'Donnell: These points stand on their own merits. The Senator spoke about sovereignty but as a sovereign nation we have to have control over our tax laws. Apple was in compliance with the tax laws that were in place at the time in question. The European Commission now states that the taxes in question may be due to other countries in Europe and the US. I question the timing of the European...

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am talking about a specific issue. This issue will come down to the question of selectivity and whether Apple was given selective treatment on a particular issue. The answer is "No". It was open to any company to avail of the same tax laws that were in operation at that particular moment in time. I worry about the fact that the common consolidated tax base, which has been mooted for...

Job Protection. (3 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...ascertain whether the Limerick plant has a sustainable future. Can she say whether the 1,000 remaining jobs will be retained? Will the Government support Dell so that it can grow in Limerick, as Apple did in Cork, by means of the creation and development of high-end value jobs? Can the Tánaiste confirm when the €23 million of vital funding under the European globalisation fund will...

Company Closures. (30 Apr 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...remain in Limerick, where 1,000 higher-end jobs are expected to be retained. It is extremely important not only to retain those jobs, but to build on them. I put forward a model in terms of what Apple did in Cork. The Government and agencies such as the IDA and other need to work with Dell to ensure we can build on the jobs. Perhaps some of those losing their jobs today can be...