Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland

1:30 pm

Mr. Niall O'Donnellan:

We have cloud computing in DCU. We have the meat one in train. We have one in pharma, one in manufacturing, one in energy and so on. All the main sectors are represented in the spread of technology centres. It is industry led. We ask industry what are the big development issues it requires to be addressed. Then we put together a research programme which then goes out for a competitive bid by the various colleges. It is industry driven and industry is involved in the governance of the groups.