Professor Cormac Taylor:

There is such great momentum behind this Bill at the moment, which I tried to emphasise in the opening statement. It has galvanised the research community - both AHSS and STEM - in a way I have not seen in the 20 years I have been back. I have not seen this since the very beginning of Science Foundation Ireland, SFI, when we had the same sort of momentum. I do not think there will be any risk at all that people will not apply for it.