Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Unified Patent Court: Discussion

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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They are absolutely enormous figures - €1.5 billion is huge and 0.5% of GDP. I note it was proposed that Paris, Munich and London form the central division. Is there an opportunity for Ireland to take the place of London if we move quickly enough and have the central division in Ireland? What would it mean if that happened?