UHulumeni wase-Ireland usazisile ngenkokhelo yentela yakwa-Apple, efinyelela ku- € 13.100 billion, kanye nezigidi eziyi-1.200 ezinenzalo ezenzakalelayo. Noma kunjalo, Izinhlelo zika-Apple zihamba ngokudlulisa isinqumo se-European Union esisola ngokukhokhisa intela konke okuthengisayo ezweni lapho kunentela ephansi kakhulu e-Union.
Le mali ayikho emabhokisini kahulumeni wase-Ireland, nawo avikela izintshisekelo zika-Apple. Le mali isesikhwameni sesiqinisekiso kuze kube kuthathwa isinqumo sokugcina senkantolo efanele.
Hhayi nje i-Apple, uma kungeyona iningi lezinkampani zamazwe omhlaba futhi ikakhulukazi izinkampani zobuchwepheshe, ezikhetha i-Ireland njengezwe labo lentela, likhokha lapho ukuthengiswa kwamazwe amaningi e-Union. Lokho kusho ukuthi, lapho sithenga umkhiqizo we-Apple, ngenhloso yenzuzo, akhokhiswa intela e-Ireland hhayi ezweni lapho uthola khona inzuzo ngokuthengiswa kwento noma insizakalo.
Ngokunengqondo, uhulumeni wase-Ireland kanye ne-Apple basidlulisile isigwebo esanikezwa yi-EU. Manje sekuwumbuzo wokuthola ukuthi ngubani owephule lo mthetho. Konke kubukeka sengathi ukungahambi kahle kukhiqizwa yi-Ireland hhayi i-Apple kumane nje kulandela indinganiso yase-Ireland. I-EU iyalele uhulumeni wase-Ireland ukuthi aqoqe isabelo sentela esilingana nentela eqoqwe kahle. Olunye ulwazi luqinisekisa ukuthi inani elikweletwa i-Apple lilingana nensizakalo yezempilo yezwe ngonyaka. Uhulumeni wase-Ireland usiqinisekisa lesi sinqumo futhi uhlinzekela ukubuyiselwa kwemali kwa-Apple. Ngamazwi kaPascual Donohoe:
Yize uhulumeni ngokuyisisekelo engavumelani nokuhlaziywa kweKhomishini futhi efuna ukusichitha leso sinqumo, njengamalungu azibophezele e-European Union, sihlale sikuqinisekisa ukuthi sizoluthola izinsolo zombuso.
Kunoma ikuphi, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi isinqumo sezinkantolo zaseYurophu sibambezeleke. Ngaphandle kwesizathu sika-Apple noma cha, cishe ukwanda kwentengo yemikhiqizo ye-Apple, uma kwenzeka ilahleko le-Apple lilahlekile.