James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----because the pipeline will be cut off. It is also important to note the benefits of accidental discovery. I mentioned CERN earlier. The worldwide web was discovered at CERN. A group of particle physicists were clashing protons off each other underground and they discovered the web as a by-product. The benefits hardly need to be stated. I have a Bill before the Dáil at present which deals with the Science Foundation Ireland mandate. It provides for a review of the allocation between basic and applied research and the composition of the board in terms of basic and applied. It is probably a return to the pre-2013 position, when there was more funding for basic research and a better spread. Has the Minister had a chance to review that and would he be supportive of it in general?