Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

Clearly, supporting innovation is very important for us. We are trying to do that overall and we are seeking to encourage higher education institutions to engage in innovation. One of the ideas in this regard is greater utilisation by enterprises of the research assets of our higher education institutions by engaging enterprises with research centres and technology centres and translating intellectual property or new thinking into commercial products and services and the role of higher education institutions in that.