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)
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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It strikes me that part of that leading can be not in just solely in the competitive frame but within that collaborative frame and looking to the new approach globally to pandemics and to research and ethics as areas of innovation. One thing we see that actually sets the parameter for innovation in the technology area is that those who can show they are matching up to ethical and environmental standards are creating those standards. That is the scope for innovation. The need for a different definition for innovation was my final point, which was not-----