Under Lisbon treaty 2, Ireland was granted the right to keep control of its tax policy.
This allowed Ireland to continue colluding with multinationals to avoid tax.
How do they reconcile this behavior with their image as a Europhile state.
Ireland is now in talks with other EU states with a view to killing off these proposed new transparency laws.
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Ireland has consistently opposed the changes because it is considered a tax measure, which the Government claims should be dealt with using different legislation and by finance ministers.
This would mean unanimous support would be required rather than a qualified majority, meaning the new laws could be vetoed by a member state.