"the irish times" quoted her opinions when apple were order to pay $13 billion in avoided tax to the irish government by the european commission in 2016. waris argued that human rights were being ignored given that the irish government were appealing the decision and to allow apple to avoid a lower corporate tax rate. waris said the “people are so busy not watching information and too busy entertaining themselves. the lower tax rate was creating an environment in which countries like kenya could not compete because ireland was offering apple tax rates that were below the cost of supplying service to the company. she argues that ireland's tax authorities are run by the upper classes who have forgotten the plight of their country's poor.