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)

Mr. Tim Conlon:

The role of the board is in the oversight and the corporate governance of the way it conducts its business and the way in which the schemes are operated. In terms of the funding decisions, that is a matter for the peer review process. It should sit with that. The international experts, or indeed national experts, will look at the proposals before the funder and will make a recommendation to the board. That should be the structure. It should have an international oversight or there should be an international aspect to it.