Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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32. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the State's preparations for the submission of an appeal to the European courts against a European Commission ruling (details supplied); the date by which the appeal must be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33878/16]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Government disagrees profoundly with the Commission's analysis in the Apple State Aid case, and our intention to appeal is very well known.

To this end, I have been authorised by the Government to arrange for annulment proceedings to be brought before the General Court of the European Union in the Apple State case.  The Attorney General has been preparing the legal grounds in support of those proceedings and our application will be lodged in the General Court of the European Union this week.

The appeal process may take several years.  Apple has also indicated that it will exercise its right of appeal.

As this topic is the subject of open legal proceedings it is not possible to comment further on the State's legal case at this time.