James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

Any student pursuing PhD funded by Research Ireland, which is the State funding agency for research, will receive a stipend of €25,000. There are other funding groups and funding vehicles that do not fall under the direct control of the Department. I suppose they have their own rules and schemes. There are many different schemes out there. The Research Ireland scheme is the one for which I and my predecessors have increased the funding to €25,000.