The European Commission concluded last August that Apple's tax status in Ireland was so low that it qualified as illegal state aid | Jack Taylor/Getty Images Irish minister on Apple ruling: ‘We are not the global tax collector’ Ireland and Apple are both appealing EU demand Dublin claw back over €13 billion.

Ireland has renewed its criticism of a European Commission demand it collect €13 billion in alleged tax breaks from tech company Apple.

In an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine published Wednesday, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said: “We are not the global tax collector for everyone else.”

Donohoe said Apple did not benefit from special tax rules and neither Dublin nor the company violated European or Irish law. Ireland and Apple, which are both appealing the verdict, say the taxes are owed elsewhere, in particular in the U.S.

The Commission concluded last August that Apple’s tax status in Ireland was so low that it qualified as illegal state aid and ordered the company to pay €13 billion, plus interest, to the Irish government.

According to the Commission, Apple paid a 1 percent tax rate in 2003. This fell to 0.005 percent in 2014.

Apple and Ireland are working out the final details ahead of placing the money in a holding account, pending the appeals.

Apple told Bloomberg earlier this month that it remains confident that the General Court of the EU will overturn the Commission’s decision.

Donohoe said Ireland did not intend to block the fight against tax evasion. “We have made great progress,” he said, but added that the solution to the problem has to be found globally.

UPDATE: This item was clarified to include more information from Frankfurter Allgemeine, which updated its initial article. The updated piece said Ireland would collect the tax money but would deposit it in a trust fund and take all legal steps against the Commission's decision.