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)
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
It tends to be a demand-led scheme. We will seek clarity from SFI that there is nothing further behind that. There is certainly no funding reason as to why there would be a decline in those numbers. We are increasing our level of funding in the research area and we are also increasing funding support to PhD students through stipends.
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