Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

These measures were agreed in the summer of 2004. They included the creation of the post of chief science adviser to the Government and the appointment of Barry McSweeney to that post. A number of initiatives were announced such as setting up a Cabinet sub-committee, building on the major resources put into the programme for research in third level institutions, PRTLI, and into Science Foundation Ireland. At the time, Neil Kinnock stated that we were "over post" in our A1 posts. Barry McSweeney, who held an MSc from Trinity College, Dublin, apart from the controversial qualification——

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