Government urged to publish Apple tax ruling

Opposition parties have urged the Government to publish the €13bn Apple tax ruling before a Dáil vote on cabinet plans to appeal the decision if it wants to prevent the ballot from becoming a meaningless act of “theatre”.

Non-government TDs issued the demand after the second emergency cabinet meeting in three days yesterday ended with the Government agreeing to appeal the ruling, allow a Dáil vote, and begin a wide-ranging review of other multinationals’ tax bills.

After a four-hour emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday failed to result in an agreed Government position, the Cabinet yesterday met for the second time this week to broker a deal to end the political stalemate.