Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment

10:00 am

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Employers can get support to employ people with disabilities, and rightly so. It might be useful to explore other ways existing employers can employ people using that fund that is sitting there.

Could the Minister tell us a bit more about the disruptive technologies innovation fund? It is the seventh call. I think it is closing on 30 April. How much is in the fund now? Typically, what kind of companies are involved and what kind of work is being done through this fund?