David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would prefer to put them to Mr. Mannion. Mr. Ó Foghlú has said it might be difficult for him to answer some of the questions himself.

My first question is in regard to policy on intellectual property. Mr. Ó Foghlú may be able to answer this himself. Research funding agencies such as EU funding, Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation and so on that publicly fund research all require that the higher education institutes own the intellectual property rights but that they can be commercialised. There are rules on how they are commercialised. Will the witness outline those rules?

What national guidelines are in place? Is it the case that each of the higher education institutes will have its own policies and procedures in place as well?