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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...an industry around renewables, is from companies looking to decarbonise their systems. That is why we saw the development of some wind projects directly linked to an individual company. When Apple wanted to build a data centre in the west, it also wanted to build a very large wind project because it wanted it to be sustainable. Other companies are doing the same thing. One ask we have...

Public Accounts Committee: ...Public Services 2022 Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022 Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2023)

...Public Services 2022 Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022 Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...decent standard of living and to make poverty in this country history. The Government has the money to do all of this. It is awash with cash. There is a €65 billion surplus. It is fighting, using public money, to say that Apple should keep at almost €14 billion in taxes that should be owed to us. Yet, it refuses to spend this money on improving people's lives and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (23 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...of job losses in the tech sector are over? We do not know that for sure. We are, of course, following the matter closely but there is also strong growth in the tech sector. For example, Apple, the largest company in the world, is continuing to recruit and take on more people.

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) See 1 other result from this debate

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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104, 177, 181 and 183 together. I understand that the Deputy is referring to the recent Opinion of the Advocate General in the Apple Case. In 2016, the European Commission issued a Decision finding that Ireland had provided State aid to Apple. Ireland challenged this decision before the General Court of the European Union (GCEU) and in2020, the GCEU issued...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...the Deputy is referring to the OECD's two-pillared solution to address the tax challenges associated with the digitalisation of the economy and the recent Opinion of the Advocate General in the Apple Case. Ireland signed up to the OECD two-pillar agreement in October 2021 and we intend to follow through on that commitment. Our long-standing position is that the international tax system...

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) See 3 other results from this debate

...year before last and is currently sitting with about €6 billion in assets largely invested in short-term investments ready to form some of the initial contributions to new planned funds. Lastly, we have the Ireland Apple escrow fund, established in 2018. The NTMA is responsible for the oversight and management of the fund, in accordance with the escrow framework deed and through...

Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...by another €57 million. At the finance committee, we managed to prise out information to the effect that the vast majority of the tax breaks are going to about 100 of the richest corporations in the world, including Google, Facebook, Apple, etc. They are getting money to research new iPhones in order to make fortunes above and beyond the already obscene profits they are making and...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (16 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...those projects for which the business case has massively improved. The project means that people who live in rural Ireland can get the benefit of foreign direct investment. They can live in Ballyhaunis and work for Apple. The provision of fibre to every home, farm and business under the national broadband plan is a clear and understandable social guarantee. It tells people they will be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (15 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Malcolm Byrne: ...He was a businessman. He tells his own story. He came from a relatively humble and poor background and became a very successful businessman. He ultimately set up and founded the popular newspaper there, Apple Daily, as well as supporting the pro-democracy movement within Hong Kong. He has now been detained, effectively, for 1,000 days. His trial is due to start on 18 December. The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...equipment which will benefit library users of all ages. Funding of €12,971.75 was approved for Carlow County Council to support the procurement of ICT equipment including 7 standard desktops, 7 monitors and 5 Apple devices. This equipment will be available in the following 5 libraries in Carlow:Carlow Central LibraryCarlow Library ArchiveCarlow Local StudiesMuinebheag LibraryBorris...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: ...meant to be built in October 2022 yet to be delivered; €22 million worth of dodgy ventilators bought by the HSE being stored at a cost of €75 million; spending €18 million fighting €14 billion of Apple tax due to Ireland; and €10 million of HSE rent overpayments because someone mismeasured the rooms. No one is ever held responsible or held to account....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Pearse Doherty: Tráthnóna inniu, tá tuairim tugtha ag comhairleoir Chúirt Bhreithiúnais an Aontais Eorpaigh gur cheart breithiúnas na Cúirte Ginearálta maidir le cinneadh chás cánach Apple a chur ar leataobh. Tá a fhios againn uilig go ndearna an cás seo agus an córas cánach a bhí sa tír seo tamall fada ó shin damáiste...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...scheme is very important. I would like to see this going further. Even though I knew there was a deficit, recently, I was shocked to realise that last year this country spent €80 million to import apples. We have the best climate in the world for growing apples, but we are importing €80 million worth of apples. It is nearly impossible to get an Irish tomato, and I think...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Barry Ward: ...the Garda should be put in the same category as the police in the United States, particularly, or even in the UK. I think they are better than that but in saying that, I can see that there are bad apples in the barrel. There always are. I recognise the point Senator Ruane is making regarding the need to have impartiality or independence to this process. However, I also have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Eugene Murphy: ...talk about apprenticeships coming in, particularly on the landscaping side. The whole area of what Ireland could do in horticulture needs to be tackled. We spent €80 million last year on imported apples. The best country in the world in which to produce cooking apples is Ireland, and we are importing €80 million worth of them. I also know that the glasshouse industrial...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...allocation targets ‘High-wire’ protected glass house producers of tomatoes, cucumber and peppers, field crop growers, brown mushroom growers, heated strawberry growers, vertically farmed greens and commercial apple growers In Budget 2024, I secured an additional €8 million funding which will be specifically targeted at the tillage sector. I have been engaging with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...allocation targets ‘high-wire’ protected glass house producers of tomatoes, cucumber and peppers, field crop growers, brown mushroom growers, heated strawberry growers, vertically farmed greens and commercial apple growers. It is expected that payments to tillage and horticulture growers will be made in January 2024.