Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Forfás budget for research was approximately €4.5 million when one stripped it out from all the other costs. Will we still see a research line in the Department, that is, what the Department has spent on its internal research? The Department is acquiring a very qualified and talented bunch of people. Will they still be able to do the type of research that Forfás did and will they still be in a position to challenge the Department from within the Department? Will we see what resources they have to do that?