Seanad debates
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage
10:30 am
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I move amendment No. 15:
In page 15, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:
“Intersection with wider enterprise and innovation strategy
20.(1) Companies applying for the KDB certificate should be asked to indicate at the time of application whether they are presently or have been previously in receipt of grants, subsidies, tax incentives or other enterprise or research and development supports from a public or semi-state body.
(2) Companies applying for grants, subsidies, tax incentives or other enterprise or research and development supports from a public or semi-state body should be asked to indicate whether they are presently or have been previously granted a KDB
certificate.
(3) Information on the level or frequency of intersection between the KDB and other enterprise or research and development initiatives is to be made available to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in order to inform overall jobs, enterprise and innovation strategies.”.
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