John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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Knowledge Transfer Ireland, KTI, has been tasked with helping companies to innovate and bridge the gap. Already I have met a number of businesses associated with the sciences and they do have some reservations. Overall, as I said earlier, there are 50 business companies dealing exclusively in science and science technology on a level with Europe which would not have been the case ten or 12 years ago. Science Foundation Ireland is coming here in a couple of weeks' time and anybody who wishes to meet it with me is welcome to do so. I was asked a question in the House last week on that issue by a Fianna Fáil Deputy. He has arranged to meet SFI with me. I will arrange for anybody who is interested to meet it. Its jobs is to make it easier to commercialise and ultimately create viable business and jobs from State-funded research from all third level institutes across the country. Knowledge Transfer Ireland plays a key role in commercialisation of the research and development fund. Again we hope to meet KTI in the next couple of weeks.

Did the Deputy ask about clinical trials?