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Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: ...they are to serve every single citizen. The Minister knows that. He was there and he knows what the problem is. Diplomacy might prevent him from saying that and I certainly will not say anything that will upset the apple cart, but the Minister knows where the problem lies. Michelle O'Neill has been working hard to have the political institutions restored on the basis of genuine power...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: ...public services - a responsive system of social protections funded through progressive taxation - is a proposition the Government refuses to grasp. It is, after all, refusing to claim the €13 billion in unpaid taxes from Apple which is owed to the Irish people. It does this while standing over legislation that allows AIB to go without paying any tax on its profits for at least the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: ...the European Court of Justice. The European Commission confirmed today that it is taking the State to the European Court of Justice for the failure to recover up to €13 billion of tax due from Apple. The Taoiseach will remember that last August the Commission ordered Apple to pay unpaid taxes as it ruled the firm had received illegal state aid in a sweetheart deal. Apple is...

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

Gerry Adams: I, too, want to raise the issue of Apple and ask the Taoiseach if it was raised in Davos. I was not at the committee but I read the accounts of the EU Competition Commissioner's appearance before the Oireachtas finance committee. I read all the points put forward by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil representatives about so-called fantasy money and Ireland acting as a tax collector for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)

Gerry Adams: Did the Taoiseach raise the issue of the European Commission's decision in respect of the Apple billions with the German Chancellor? If he did, does he know the German state's position? Does it support the Government's, in our opinion, wrongful appeal against this? The Taoiseach will know better than I that the German Chancellor is under huge pressure, especially on the issue of...

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

Gerry Adams: ...tax avoidance was ended. The leader of the Labour Party asks in one of his muted undertones, "Should we solve all that?" We should solve all that. It is our responsibility. The issue of the Apple billions is about fairness and tax justice in this State and internationally. Does Deputy Howlin remember Connolly? Has he ever heard of him? As Connolly said, "We only want the earth"....

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

Gerry Adams: ...í Dála having access to the full ruling of the Commission. We also do so after the Fine Gael Party and the Independent Alliance, aided and abetted by the Labour Party and the Fianna Fáil Party, have already decided to appeal the Apple ruling. This means that today’s debate has a predetermined outcome. All of us, including the Independent Alliance, know this. They...

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

Gerry Adams: ...imposed on them by the Government, and households weighed down by Government tax policies, while one very large company pays less than 1% corporation tax. The recent finding by the European Commission that the State has facilitated Apple in engaging in just such a practice should surprise no one. The ruling confirms the concerns Sinn Féin has raised regularly in this Chamber and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...end of September 2013, an Irish registered Google company had a revenue of €15.5 billion but paid only €17 million in corporation tax here. A US Senate hearing in Washington was also told that Apple had a special arrangement that provided a 2% tax rate and that one Irish registered subsidiary of the company had profits of €40 billion. The sums involved are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: ..., whom I know, venting on an issue that arises very regularly among those in politics in the United States. He was giving out, in a humorous way, about our tax laws and how US corporations such as Apple are treated in this country. Aside from his humour, his criticism was quite scathing and, one could say, undiplomatic. He talked about the Government's creative accounting, which allows...

European Council: Statements (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Tax avoidance and evasion were two of the key issues discussed at the EU Council summit. Last week, we had the startling revelation that one Apple subsidiary was only paying a 2% tax rate, well below the 12.5% statutory rate. It is important to acknowledge that multinationals have brought and continue to bring much needed investment and job creation to our communities. However, there is a...

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Fáilte ar ais, a Cheann Comhairle. Apple's CEO, Mr. Tim Cooke, has told a US Senate investigation that for the past ten years Apple Sales Ireland has paid an average corporation tax rate of just 2%. In 2011 this company paid at a tax rate of just 0.5%. Another company, Apple Operations International, also based here had an income of €30 billion between 2009 and 2012 and,...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: ..., there has been a degree of controversy, particularly in Britain in recent weeks, about tax avoidance by large US multinationals such as Google, Amazon and Starbucks. Last night, it emerged at a US Senate hearing that Apple had negotiated a special corporation tax rate of 2% or less here in this State.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach says it is not true and he could be right, but the fact is that, if he is right, this needs to be corrected. The US Senate report also states Apple uses what it describes as tax havens such as this State, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. The Taoiseach says the tax regime here is transparent and based on statute, but it seems these statutes permit tax avoidance strategies....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Travel (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: .... We have talked about the Jerusalem report and the failure to raise it with the President. I ask the Government to raise those matters. The Taoiseach said all companies pay a standard rate of tax. News came yesterday of a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill which was told Apple had negotiated a special corporation tax rate of 2% or less. There is obviously a complete contradiction with...