David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Many other countries were ahead of us in developing technological universities. The Minister has now caught us up in this regard, which is fantastic. Will the Minister tell me whether links are being developed between our technological universities and similar research institutions abroad in order that they can learn from best practice, learn from each other and build on the work they are doing? Taking the really exciting example of blockchain technology, are developments in this area being explored in the technological universities and so on?

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