Ireland has been labelled as a corporate tax haven in multiple financial reports, an allegation which the state has rejected in response. Ireland is on all academic tax haven lists, including the § Le
Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan (2011–2017) told an Irish MEP to "put on the green jersey" when told of a new tax scheme to replace the "Double Irish".
Pierre Moscovici, EU Tax Commissioner, said on the 24 January 2017, the EU did not consider Ireland a tax haven, but on 18 January 2018 said that Ireland was a tax blackhole.
Profitability of U.S. subsidiaries (2015 BEA data)
Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny (l) PwC (Ireland) Managing Partner Feargal O'Rourke (r), architect of the double Irish BEPS tool
Feargal O'Rourke is an Irish accountant and corporate tax expert, who was the managing partner of PwC in Ireland. He developed the Double Irish arrangement used by U.S. firms such as Apple, Google and
Feargal O'Rourke in 2014