Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion

Ms Jacqueline Gilna:

I certainly support what my colleagues said. It perhaps behoves us to take a deeper dive into the Government of Canada international and supported programmes and tax incentives for research and development. Once that is known and shared, we need to look at, not only the education group, but also SMEs and the Irish sector in general that is looking to come over. The tax incentives and co-operation are in place and, as we all know, there are numerous high-standing educational institutions that are deeply engaged with research and development. It is a much bigger answer than can be summed up in a few words, but it could certainly be a sub-section of building further on the relationship.