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Equity and Comprehensive Income (Details)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 05, 2014
USD ($)
installment
Nov. 11, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 26, 2014
USD ($)
Jan. 23, 2015
Dec. 26, 2014
EUR (€)
Nov. 13, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 26, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 11, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 03, 2014
USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]                  
authorized share capital in USD     $ 11,000,000tyc_AuthorizedsharecapitalinUSD            
authorized share capital in GBP         40,000tyc_AuthorizedsharecapitalinEuros        
Ordinary shares, shares authorized     1,000,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized       825,222,070us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized    
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share     $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare            
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized     100,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized       0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized    
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share     $ 0.01us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare       $ 0us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare    
Ordinary A Shares, shares authorized     40,000tyc_OrdinaryASharessharesauthorized            
Ordinary A Par Value per Share         € 1.00tyc_OrdinaryShareParValue        
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding       420,045,569dei_EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding          
Number of quarterly installments of dividend payable 4tyc_NumberOfQuarterlyInstallmentsOfDividendPayable                
Installment of dividend payable (in dollars per share) $ 0.18tyc_CommonStockDividendsInstallmentAmountPerShare                
Accrued dividend     332,000,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent            
Third installment, dividend per common stock           $ 0.18tyc_ThirdInstallmentDividendPerCommonStock      
Common sock, dividends, per share, approved subject to shareholder approval   $ 0.72tyc_CommonStockDividendsPerShareApprovedSubjecttoShareholderApproval              
Share Repurchase Program                  
Amount approved under the share repurchase program               1,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 1,750,000,000.00us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
Number of shares repurchased     10,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares            
Value of shares repurchased     417,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue            
Remaining authorized repurchase amount     $ 1,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1