Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I can verify that the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is certainly a strong advocate for CERN. We are examining carefully joining CERN and this is because CERN activity involves data analysis, which is key to our enterprise sector. We keep it under review. As the Chairman said, associate membership is €1.25 million and full membership is €13.6 million. The committee can appreciate that there are always competing pressures in the budget. It is certainly something we are anxious to progress.