Apple tax

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is understood to be targeting expanded funding for the Land Development Agency to build 20,000 homes by 2030

Less than a quarter of respondents to poll said they wanted the Government to prioritise increased spending on public services

‘Help with the cost of living’ is what half of all respondents to Irish Times Poll want to see in the budget, more than twice the 24% who opt for increased spending on public services

EU General Court’s decision unlikely to be end of the matter

The €13bn tax case, while unwelcome, always related to times long past with no real impact for any of the players going forward

Natural habitats are in a critical condition

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Simon Harris says Michael McGrath’s appointment to EU’s justice portfolio is a ‘vote of confidence’ by Von der Leyen

Lack of coastal management plan raises concerns

Shop owners say rising costs, increased crime and antisocial behaviour threaten livelihoods

Revenue, under its own rules, did not have jurisdiction to tax the bulk of Apple’s offshore profits

Apple’s windfall cash will help fund State investment, but promises about top-class education, green energy and abundant water count for little without delivery

Ireland is a country with first-world income but third-world infrastructure. We have the opportunity to rectify this. Our problem is not a lack of cash, it’s a lack of courage

Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance on the challenges of putting together his first budget, which will include a €3bn injection for key infrastructure priorities

Apple case decision comes at a tricky moment for Ireland’s industrial policy, for so long pegged on tax

Better water and energy services will also be paid for out of this allocation, Minister for Finance says in interview with The Irish Times

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Michael Lohan more concerned at State’s infrastructure shortfall amid growing international competition for foreign direct investment

We were bamboozled with jargon in the hope that the resultant fog would distract from what was obvious. The comfort, it seemed, was that ‘there is no single and agreed definition of a tax haven’

The €13bn lying in an escrow fund could help give those hit by the homelessness crisis a way back into society

Legal twists and turns over Apple case have sent periodic shockwaves across the Atlantic in recent years

Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 surely captures the public mood of irritated bewilderment that the Apple windfall should be anything other than good news

State’s immediate challenge is not money but capacity. We lack the people and infrastructure needed to match current demand

The €13 billion from the Apple case will not be available to use until March, while further €3 billion from sale of AIB shares is also available

Other countries are trying to lure multinationals away from Ireland, tech giant told the Government in June

European Union ruled computing giant must pay €13 billion to Ireland

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Global reporting on ruling ranged from praising EU and Vestager to questioning what it means for Europe, and Ireland, as destination for business in the future

Account set up in 2018 to collect and hold funds pending outcome of dispute now amounts to €14bn

Minister for Finance pushes back against idea ruling could make Ireland a less attractive place to invest

The Government is to receive the significant sum of €13bn, though will worry about the renewed focus on Irish taxation policies

Tech multinational says case ‘has never been about how much tax we pay, but which government we are required to pay it to’

EU competition chief at centre of Apple case says court ruling is ‘big win’ for tax justice

Irish Government says it will ‘respect the findings’ of EU court ruling ordering computing giant to repay taxes

Q&A: what impact will this have on future foreign direct investment?

ECJ Apple-Ireland tax ruling: EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager ordered Apple in 2016 to pay the State more than €13bn in alleged back taxes but that decision has been subject to legal appeals

Apple’s tax affairs in Ireland have been under scrutiny for more than a decade on both sides of the Atlantic

In November advocate general Giovanni Pitruzzella said the general court failed to assess ‘methodological errors’ relating to the iPhone maker’s Irish tax liabilities

Decision now set to be made months later than had been expected

Net income for the year was $62.3 billion, up from $58.2 billion in 2022