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Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: ...employment to people in every community throughout the country, not only because we are a member of the EU, we have a common law system and we have an attractive taxation policy, which has been part of a larger debate in the context of the Apple tax judgment, but also because of our research and innovation skills and capabilities and the skilled workforce which has come through our...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: ...country. We are an EU, English-speaking, common-law country and many companies see it as an entry point to the EU and locate here for that reason. Many also located here over the years for tax reasons and much of that was argued and articulated as part of the recent Apple tax case and judgment. However, primarily, they came here for the available pool of skilled labour. That is a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Dec 2017)

Niall Collins: In view of the debacle surrounding the application by Apple for planning permission for a data centre in Athenry, I remind the Tánaiste of the undertaking given by the Government to introduce an amendment to the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006. Yesterday delegates from IDA Ireland told the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation that they had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Niall Collins: I do not mind who answers the question, but, with regard to the Apple case in Athenry, what is the timeline for designating data centres as strategic infrastructural developments? It was mentioned that the matter is still before the courts. In terms of the lessons that could be learned, has the Government considered establishing an infrastructure court? It would be similar to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: The Minister has not referred to the potential loss of the €850 million investment by Apple in a proposed data centre in Athenry. We really need to hear from her whether this opportunity has now been lost. Is the investment lost to the country and the State? As I said to her, Mr. Cook rebuffed, or at least did not give any joy to, our Taoiseach when he visited him recently. Where...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: ...the State should take that step. We must be mindful of the damage done to Ireland's reputation by this trial. Ireland's reputation was discussed in the context of a debate in the House regarding the Apple tax judgment. Many commentators from outside of Ireland referred to it as the wild west in terms of playing fast and loose on tax policy. For outsiders to see the collapse of a...

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

Niall Collins: .... Naturally, I support the Government’s appeal of the European Commission’s finding. Given the many contradictions in the decision, many of which were aired today, and given the fact Apple is appealing the finding, it would be foolhardy and naïve for the Government not to do so either. Our sovereignty is central. Several years ago when the troika came in to...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Niall Collins: ...that are being made between running the HSE and bailing out bakers and builders is idiotic. We have to start getting real about the banking scenario and the running of the HSE and stop mixing apples and oranges. The bank guarantee scheme and the capitalisation of the banks are necessary for reasons which are well documented in this House. If we had a scenario where people went to their...