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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 853. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation based on latest projections for 2017, the cost of having total research and development Exchequer funding as a percentage of GDP at the levels of, 0.4%, 0.5%, 0.6%, 0.7%, 0.8%, 0.9% and 1%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24201/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 865. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, when the first meeting of the implementation body took place; the number of meetings that have taken place in 2016; the remaining number of meetings that are planned in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24191/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 866. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, the mechanism in place to review progress and ensure targets in the strategy are being met on an annual basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24192/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Grants (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 867. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, when scientists engaged in basic research will be able to apply for funding; the provisional deadline for applications in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24193/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Grants (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 868. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, to provide the total budget allocation for basic research in 2016 and funding ring-fenced for each year thereafter; the scientific disciplines which will be accommodated for grant funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24194/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Negotiations (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 869. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to account for the current Irish representation on the EU committees that determine the work packages of Horizon 2020 initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24195/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 870. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the decision by UK voters to leave the EU, her plans to ensure this will not impact on the current programme funding under the EU's vital Horizon 2020 research programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 871. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the process in operation to co-ordinate the spacing of Irish applications for Horizon 2020 funding in order to maximise chances of success for Irish bids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24197/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 872. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if steps are being taken to encourage Irish applications for Horizon 2020 funding to focus on areas in which Ireland has a competitive advantage on account of its geography, border, or industry clustering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24198/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (21 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 873. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of Irish organisations and research institutes involved and total monetary amount that has been drawn down for funding for research and development under the Horizon 2020 plan in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24199/16]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: I have a number of questions. Does the Chair want to take them all in one go?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: Four or five.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: I welcome Mr. Divilly to the committee and congratulate him on his appointment to the position. He was not the only one who got a new job in February but did not get the chance to do it until a few months later. A number of us were caught in a bind as things worked out. Thankfully we are all here now, so all is well that ends well. I have a couple of questions about the post office...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: Mr. Divilly is on two other boards. Are they executive positions?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: They are non-executive.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: That is fine. My next question relates to the operation of An Post and the adaptation of technology and the challenges technology brings about. I think Mr. Divilly may have alluded to it in the last answer. Drone technology is now being used in the US for deliveries. Amazon, in particular, is experimenting, at any rate, with drones. Colleagues in my office tell me one can now order a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: I do not think so - not yet. That would involve another air traffic regulation.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: Absolutely, and it would need to be regulated, but it is a matter of the challenges posed by parcel delivery services. Sticking to the area of opportunities for An Post, as a politician, I am very familiar - too familiar sometimes - with having to disseminate literature and how to reach mass markets. It is one thing in a town in which there are many different houses side by side; it is in...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: I advocate further investment and resources into that area because it is an opportunity and a challenge for An Post. On a different note, the Irish Postmasters Union published a six-point plan recently. Much of it goes back to comments already made about the importance of retention of the rural post office network and the types of services that can be obtained through the post office,...