David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

IBEC has stated that the establishment of an Irish local division of the Unified Patent Court would lead to job creation, benefit SMEs and boost Ireland's innovative performance, and could also contribute between €450 million and €1.66 billion to GDP growth. We need to pass legislation to allow for a referendum before this can happen. The general scheme of the Bill was approved in 2014. When will the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment request approval to proceed with the Bill?

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