Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised)
3:00 am
James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We might do that. I think that is worth doing.
On CERN, the Deputy asked about C5. That is close to my heart as well. That again epitomises our ambition. Really, we should be taking our place at CERN and we are now, thankfully. It is something I have long campaigned for. I was pleased to be able to do that when I became a Minister. We are joining that as of this month, I think, but even though it is the same hub, there is not any risk to that or other international members' bids. The slight decrease comes from shared island money supplementing other moneys, so there is just an accounting exercise in moving money from shared island to a different fund coming in on the back of something else. There is a technical adjustment from C3 and C4, so it is just how moneys are accounted for as opposed to anything in particular going up or down there.
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