Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed)
11:00 am
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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It goes back to the point that, first, one can only apply the knowledge development box to a fraction of the patent and it only applies to the profits that originate from that fraction. That is the control. I do not see why there is a need for an upper limit on the amount one invests in terms of developing patents and copyrights in this country and the proportion of that one makes a profit on. The factual answer is no, there is no upper limit.