Madam, – Evidence of the Government’s intent to kill the essence of job creation can be seen on page 96 of the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014.
Abolishing a modest tax relief on patent royalties will only lead to more job losses and destroy any economic incentive to develop and manufacture new products in Ireland.
Irish manufacturers do not expect hand-outs, but we do expect some logic and common-sense to be applied to an industry that creates long-term jobs in a real economy. – Yours, etc,