Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A company called Apple Operations International, AOI, operates an Irish subsidiary in this country that pays little or no tax on profits in Ireland or the US. AOI has not filed tax returns in any country over the past five years, despite income of approximately €23 billion between 2009 and 2012 according to the Senate investigation. While I fully respect, understand and appreciate that any government has a responsibility to ensure foreign direct investment continues and I value, like everybody on both sides of the House, the enormous contribution Apple has made to improving the workforce in this country and the tax it pays here, and I have no doubt it pays tax-----