Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I was struck by the comments and contributions made at the event in Farmleigh recently and the emphasis put by many of the attending business leaders on the need for Ireland to do more in the area of innovation and research, and therefore this work is important.

The Taoiseach stated that he expected the group would report by beginning of next year, and I presume its report will be published. Has he any indication of the areas at which the task force is looking and could he outline for the House the four areas on which the working groups are working, which would obviously give us some idea of the topics and the agenda items they are addressing?

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