Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are here to discuss the decisions made on the petitions that have been formulated and sent to the committee. There have been 33 petitions sent. A great deal of work has been done in bringing the petitions to the necessary level that the committee can investigate them and the members of the committee have spent time deliberating and reading up on the petitions.

The first petition for discussion is P00029/12 from Dr. Ciarán Mc Mahon concerning open access to public-funded research. Would anybody care to comment? Personally, I believe it is an interesting petition. With the development of knowledge within society, it offers those who do not have the resources a great opportunity to access that knowledge which can only help further growth.