Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Action Plan for Job Creation and Innovation: Startup Ireland

3:00 pm

Mr. Sean Blanchfield:

The UK is special in that it has directly targeted measures specifically to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Internationally, we have one of the highest capital gains tax rates in the world. I think it is the third highest.