Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service
10:00 am
Mr. Mark Griffin:
It is a fair point. A lot of the funding we are providing at the moment is with a view to building that research capacity, primarily on the west coast.
A centre off the coast at Belmullet is being funded. Another centre off the Galway-Clare coast is being funded. We are also working to fund an energy resource cluster, the Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster, IMERC, in Ringaskiddy. As a Department, we have committed to funding of €26.3 million over the 2013 to 2016 period, which is a substantial level of investment.
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