Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It would certainly be my intention to publish the report once I get Cabinet approval. I would like to get it out there pretty quickly and urgently. I would like people to see the benefit of their input because, just looking back, it has been very significant. An all-day in-person workshop was held on 8 March. Some 35 stakeholder organisations attended, including the Irish Research Staff Association, the non-EU EEA PhD Students Society-Ireland, the National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee, the Postgraduate Workers Organisation, the Postgraduate Workers Alliance, the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, the Irish Council for International Students, the Association for Higher Education Access and Disability, AHEAD, and Women in Technology and Science. That is just an example of the level of people who loaned their time to this. Some 750 people made written submissions. It is my intention to bring this report to Cabinet this month. It is due now and then I believe I can publish it well in advance of the summer recess.

I do not think it would be any surprise to me or the Deputy if that report clearly recommends better financial support for PhD researchers. We will obviously have to work through that between now and the budgetary process.

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