Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 June 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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Moving on to research and development, this is the one area that jumped out at me. Although I am no expert on figures, it is a huge figure, is it not? The number increased from 73 companies in 2004 to 1,600 in 2014. That is probably much higher again in 2017, is it?