Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2025-03-06
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

It is incredible, when a straight question is asked regarding the engagement the Minister, the Minister for Justice, the Tánaiste or the Taoiseach have had with senior elements of the US Administration, in what is possibly one of the biggest existential economic threats to Ireland at the moment, that in the three or four minutes the Minister had to answer that, the summation of his response was "zero". At this moment in time, the Minister cannot tell me of any senior engagement between his Government and the senior US Administration, despite the fact that pharmaceuticals are a target of these potential tariffs, on which we are so heavily dependent, and despite the fact that our corporation tax as a country is more dependent on those sectors than any other country. It would create a massive hole in our budget if that corporation tax were taken.

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Sitting date: 2025-03-06