Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Okay. The committee discussed the research and innovation Bill. We finished our scrutiny of it but have yet to report. It will come back to the Minister and he will introduce it to the Oireachtas. A concern raised by witnesses before the committee was the arts and humanities may be downgraded on the basis of the proposed merger between Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council. Does the Minister have concerns about that? Can anything be done legislatively to ensure the arts and humanities are not completely overwhelmed by science research?