Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to take up the previous speaker on a couple of points. She is peddling false propaganda. The €13 billion is not available to the Irish public. If she were to read the Apple ruling and the 2014 ruling she would see that they were contradictory. They mentioned the €13 billion but said some of it could belong to the US. Subsequent to that, the OECD has said that the majority of the money is liable to US tax. Putting it out to the public that this €13 billion is available is irresponsible, it is an untruth and it does not deal with the arguments at hand.

The Senator spoke about taxpayers but Apple employs some 6,000 people in Cork. They pay PAYE and PRSI like anyone else. They are educating their children and paying their mortgages, a point she is completely overlooking.