Sent Monday to Friday when the Dáil is in sessionWhere would the country be without big tech and big pharma? The answer is an exchequer that would be missing out on many billions of euro in corporation tax receipts and thousands of people in need of different jobs. Separate accounts show Apple’s tech rival Microsoft, which employs about 6,400 people in Ireland, paid approximately €4.8 billion in tax here in 2024. Ifac notes that corporation tax here almost doubled between 2021 and 2024, “largely driven by increased payments from the top three payers”. However, it warns that as “corporation tax revenues become more concentrated, they also become more risky”.

Source: The Irish Times February 19, 2026 17:06 UTC