Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I have a general question. Earlier this year, a damning letter signed by the senior members of the research community in Science Foundation Ireland, SFI, was sent to the Department. I know the Minister of State, Deputy English, has put a great deal of effort since then into addressing the issues raised in that letter. Will the Minister give an update on the relationships with the Department at present? Have the concerns that were expressed in letter to which I refer been addressed in the Estimates?

Finally, if it is at all possible, I encourage the Minister to work with members to try to reach agreement on the performance indicators because that would be a very good legacy for this committee to leave behind.