Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I might kick off the questions myself. The science and technology development programme is 35% of the gross allocation at over €300 million. It is a huge amount. On B4, the science and technology development programme, I note the number of company collaborations with third level institutions, which is hugely important. I notice that there was a peak in 2015 of 1,200 and it is now back down to approximately 800. Is 800 the norm? Did we peak in 2015? Are we back to normal and was there a reason it peaked then?