IKhomishini yaseYurophu isungula inkqubo yophando ukufumanisa ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba i-Ireland inike unyango oluthandwayo okanye olukhethiweyo kwi-Apple malunga nokulawulwa kwamashishini ayo, okungekho mthethweni ngokupheleleyo kwisakhelo se-European Economic Community. Ibi Ixesha lokugqibela ngubani othe watyhila olu lwazi, kuba kubonakala ngathi ekuqaleni kophando abasemagunyeni baseIreland babesebenzisana, kodwa amaxwebhu athunyelweyo awabonakali eqinisekisa ngokupheleleyo. IKhomishini yaseYurophu egqibe kwelokuba ijonge nzulu kulo mba ukuze ifumanise ukuba ngaba i-Apple iyaxhamla ngokwenene kuhlobo oluthile lonyango olululo eIreland.
Nangona kunjalo, i-Ireland igxininiswe kwiphulo lonyulo oluya kugqiba ngonyulo ngoFebruwari 2016, xa isigwebo sokugqibela solu phando siya kwenziwa esidlangalaleni. Olu phando lwaqala ngo-2014 kwaye isisombululo salo sasilindeleke ku-2015 yonke, kodwa ayizange ifike.Kubonakala ngathi ulwazi olufunyenweyo lunike isiphumo ebesingalindelekanga ekuza kufuneka sithathwe ngononophelo.
Isithethi seSebe lezeMali lase-Ireland siqinisekisile ukuba banikezela ngolwazi olongezelelweyo kwi-European Union kwaye abalindelanga naluphi na uhlobo lwesigqibo kude kube semva konyaka omtsha. Ukuba inkqubo yerhafu ye-Apple kunye neIreland iphelela ekubeni ingekho semthethweni, inkampani yeCupertino inokohlwaywa ngokuhlawula iminyaka elishumi yerhafu., nto leyo eyayiza kubangela iibhiliyoni zee-euro. I-CEO ye-Apple iqinisekisa ukuba iya kuhlala ikwimali e-Ireland ngaphandle kwesisombululo seKhomishini yaseYurophu, iqinisekisa nokuba i-Apple ayenzi naluphi na uhlobo lobuqhophololo berhafu, kuba inegalelo kwi-Ireland ye-12,5% yayo yonke inzuzo eyenzayo. I-Apple ifumaneka eYurophu.