Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Competitiveness and Economic Growth: National Competitiveness Council
4:00 pm
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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Finally, Professor Clinch rightly refers and the council's reports refer repeatedly to the importance of innovation and the €4 billion spend that we might have on innovation. Given the role of third and fourth level education in the area of innovation and the connections that have been made by all of our third level institutions, universities and institutes of technology with local economies and enterprise, is Professor Clinch unhappy with the level of resources provided by the State for third and fourth level?