Professor Peter Clinch:

The toe dipping is probably already happening. It can be seen in certain projects that are funded through the agency, but the agency has a strict remit around STEM, so it would be a matter for national policy for the Minister and the Government to decide to change that remit. Certainly as part of the new strategy, I am absolutely sure that one area we will focus on is working very closely with the other funding agencies such as the Irish Research Council, IRC, which do have that remit. We do not have to have a remit change to address some of these issues when working with other organisations.