Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Mr. Aidan Gough:

So far under Horizon 2020, the North-South partnerships have drawn down approximately €63 or €64 million, which is substantially up on the North-South drawdown in the same period under FP7. As such, there has been a significant increase. As Mr. Hunter McGowan was saying, we do not see any slow down in the number of applications or in the willingness to develop North-South partnerships to participate in Horizon 2020.