Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

We will be undercut, as the Senator knows. In Estonia there is a zero rate of corporation tax. Notwithstanding this, we need to be very careful. I put a marker down at the convention the week before last and made it absolutely clear that we were not prepared to surrender an inch. It is not just the Irish who are concerned. The Swedes take a similar view and are strongly opposed to interference in this area. The issue relates generally to the policies operated by governments in their own states. The British would be of the same view. There are a couple of states lined up on the issue.