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CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is only a pity that Deputy Leddin was not in government for the past five years. He conveniently forgot that the Government has plenty of money, which it is squirrelling away in a rainy day fund for the future, but that is another point. I also welcome the decision today by the finance committee to request that the Minister for Finance and the Minister for public expenditure present...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Verona Murphy: The question of how we spend the Apple billions is one that I believe must be answered cautiously. I have heard many say that it can be used to solve the housing crisis. It must be said that housing is, without a doubt, the biggest issue facing our nation today. Much money has already been fired at it, to no avail. That is because there are many issues to solve and money will not solve...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I too welcome the opportunity to say a few words about the tax money that has come our way in the limited time I have. I am sure that everybody will have a shopping list and whatever. I too have a shopping list, but the shopping list is a bit like what Deputy Leddin said, in that there are projects we can invest in which will give us a return in our economy for generations to come. The...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat. Anois, Sinn Féin. I call na Teachtaí Quinlivan agus Browne. Is Deputy Quinlivan taking three minutes?

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am sharing time with my colleague.

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: It is three minutes each.

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: In total it is four and a half minutes.

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: We will take two minutes and 15 seconds each. The current Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition, and the previous Fianna Fáil-supported Fine Gael Government, spent millions of euro of taxpayers' money on legal fees fighting this judgment. They fought it even though the European Commission believed Apple owed this tax. The Court of Justice of the European Union determined and...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: Last week, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour councillors and some independents in County Tipperary voted in favour of increasing the tax on family homes in Tipperary through the local property tax, LPT. Yet, these same parties were the ones that opposed the payment of Apple billions that were due to our State when this country was reeling from the disastrous effects of the financial crisis,...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Donnelly: The first instinct of this Government is to back big corporations. The first instinct was to waste taxpayers' money. Millions of euro in legal fees were paid, just like the €320,000 spent on a bike shed. This is no surprise because Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have always had the backs of big corporations. At the same time they were spending millions to defend this disgraceful...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Apple ruling confirms Governments colluded systematically over more than a decade with the efforts of Apple to avoid tax and deprive the people of €14 billion when they were on their knees being crucified with austerity. It is worth remembering that in 2013, we were also starting the process of getting rid of the biggest property portfolio in the world via NAMA and selling it off...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Mick Barry: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have spent €10 million of the people's money on legal fees to try to stop the European Commission giving Ireland €14 billion. That is some legacy; that is something to stand over. I have been clear the priority for spending this money is social and affordable housing and tackling the housing crisis. I support the establishment of a State...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Brian Leddin: I very much welcome the Minister's statement and the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. With respect to the rights and wrongs of this and previous Governments' challenging of the case, I was not a Member of the Oireachtas in those days, so I defer to the experts on tax law and international tax law. I believe some of those experts are in this House, especially sitting...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Cullinane is sharing time with Deputy Paul Donnelly.

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: This is one of these extraordinary scandals where the Government has thrown out more red herrings than the amount of euro in that bank account holding the Apple money. The Government hides behind the notion that we had to fight the good fight for Apple because of the jobs. This was a special tax arrangement that was put in place for one company. It is about tax justice and every company...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

John McGuinness: I welcome this debate. I hope it is just one step in an analysis that should be undertaken by the Oireachtas of how we arrived at the point where this country lost the case. Now we are collecting billions of euro in unpaid taxes. Equally, I ask that the Oireachtas finance committee be privy to the thoughts of the Government as to how it intends to spend this money. It is important in...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome back the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and all our colleagues after the summer recess. I hope and trust that people had a nice break and I look forward to working in the term ahead, however long it may last. I also welcome the opportunity to examine the implications of the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision in the Apple state aid case. In the first instance, it is...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: Sanity has prevailed and Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Independents have been stopped from giving away €14 billion of taxpayers' money. In 2016, the European Commission concluded that Ireland had granted illegal state aid to the Apple group and awarded Ireland billions of euro. That should have been that, but it was not. This was our money. I have never in my...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: After a decade of Fine Gael in power with the support of Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party and the Green Party, we must ask what their legacy is after all these years when it comes to supporting local communities in the inner city of Dublin. What real change can be seen on the ground, because when it comes to supports and community services, all that can be seen is years of neglect? ...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome these statements on the Apple state aid case and the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in favour of the European Commission. It is deeply regrettable, however, that the State spent eight years fighting the Commission's ruling of 2016 and putting corporate interests ahead of the public interest. That is almost a decade lost, and €13 billion could have been...