The Irish Government is making an initial €1m investment in a new Dublin technology centre in data analytics called CeADAR, the Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research, to leverage the high-growth area that is data analytics and the potential to create jobs. The project, an Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland initiative, is led by University College Dublin and also includes researchers from University College Cork, and Dublin Institute of Technology. It will use the funding to work with a group of companies to accelerate the development, deployment and adoption of data analytics technology. Top-tier multinational and […]
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Jobs Initiative May 2011
The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, announced the Jobs Initiative on 11 May last which is designed to stimulate job creation. It includes the following measures in relation to business and employment taxes: Abolition of employers PRSI on share based remuneration Temporarily halving the lower rate of employers PRSI for certain employees Amending the R&D tax credit regime to enhance flexibility in how companies account for the tax credit Temporarily reducing the 13.5% VAT rate to 9% in respect of tourism related services . Employers PRSI . Share based remuneration The Finance Act 2011 […]