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

I refer to my question about the large scale awards. The Minister of State mentioned the sectors these were in and also mentioned the perinatal work in Cork. In regard to other geographical areas, was there, say, a figure of 50% identified for centres outside Dublin and Cork, or are they all to be found in those two city areas? My second question relates to the number of patents being granted annually, which is a metric related to success in research and development. What is the value of such patents?

There is the DARD Horizon 2020 figure which refers to 3% of GDP given to us as a percentage of GNP. What are the views of the Minister of State on that?