John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I see where you are coming from. The Deputy is correct. The PRTLI programme cycle 5 did include the expression or definition of bricks and mortar. Our critical investment was training people first. That is of critical importance based on where we are, where we are coming from and where we are facing with Brexit. I refer to us having our people ready to make sure we get all the funding we can get under Horizon 2020. The Deputy is correct in the sense that it is a twofold investment. It is in bricks and mortar but our objective also has been to train and invest in people. That is working quite successfully.