Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Select Committee on Education and Skills
Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised)
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I welcome the Ministers and Ministers of State. I have just two or three brief questions. Under Vote 45, there is reference to PhDs funded by Science Foundation Ireland, SFI. The number of designated PhDs has decreased from 237 to 125. The years in question are 2018 and 2019. What was the reason for this decline? Is it as simple as fewer applications due to Covid? Is the impact of Covid being seen on the numbers of SFI-approved PhDs for those two years?
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