Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Deirdre Lillis:

I think it is both. I might be drawing on my own experience of old, but there are two issues, at least, in this area. One is about equality of opportunity for researchers within their careers, how they progress through the system, and what types of supports are there. There are issues within research projects around deliberately sampling to get wide perspectives, and perhaps non-traditional approaches and so on. It would be my understanding that the reference applies to both.