International tax cooperation Bill
Broughan raises the tax-cooperation Bill amid reports of Luxembourg tax avoidance and asks about recalling European officials; the Chair permits only the legislative query, which the Tánaiste says will be taken this session.
I am enquiring about two pieces of legislation, one of which is the International Agreements on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Taxation Bill. In light of the appalling revelations this morning in The Irish Times and The Guardian about the massive tax evasion facilitated by the state of Luxembourg over the past 18 years, with the Irish company Glanbia mentioned in those dispatches, will the Irish Government take action on this? Is there a mechanism whereby the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, could be recalled?
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At the same time, could we recall Commissioner Phil Hogan who got the country into this water mess?
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I understand the Bill referred to by the Deputy will come before the House in this session.
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What about the substantive question?