Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with Ministers from other Member States regarding opposition to the common corporate tax base. [21862/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Both my predecessor and officials from my Department have regularly engaged with colleagues from other Member States within the EU on a whole range of policy issues, including tax issues and the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and I will, of course, be making this a priority for my own term as Minister for Finance.

The Deputy will be pleased to learn that it is clear from these contacts that there is widespread scepticism among Member States about the notion of a CCCTB. I would point out that, as yet, there is no formal proposal from the European Commission on this issue and Ireland's position on the matter is very clear, and EU Ministers understand this.