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Finance Committee afraid to ask Multi-National Companies questions on Tax Avoidance

326 views · Published 3 July 2013 · 2:31 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Sinn Féin · 2013 · News & Politics

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Sinn Féin finance spokesperson, Pearse Doherty TD's motion before the Oireachtas Finance and Public Expenditure Committee which sought to allow the Sub-Committee on Global Taxation to invite multi-national corporations to give evidence at future meetings was voted down this afternoon.
Deputy Doherty said he was amazed that the committee voted against his motion to invite multi-national corporations to give evidence, at a committee that is discussing corporation tax for multi-national companies.
He said:
"The reason the sub-committee is discussing this issue is because of a motion I put to the committee seven months ago.
"The Sub-Committee on Global Taxation will hear from the OECD, the Department of Finance, the Revenue Commissioner and the Minister of Finance along with 13 other individuals.
"However, despite the fact that the sub-committee is charged with discussing corporation tax for multi-national corporations it is clear that the majority of the committee, are opposed to inviting multi-national corporations give evidence.
"Given the fact that multi-national corporations have appeared at committees in Britain and the United States to give evidence about their tax affairs in Ireland, it is ridiculous that politicians here in Ireland would vote down a proposal for them to do the same here.
"If the committee is to do its job properly it is important that it is free to invite the relevant people and companies to provide all the relevant information."

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