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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: The Deputy is on university-industry collaboration on research and development?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: Right now Ireland's research and development investment rate is at 1.43% of GNP, so the Deputy is correct. The rate is based on the latest Central Statistics Office gross national product, GNP, figure from July 2016. There are two issues. As the economic recovery continues, this is predicted to increase GDP and GNP, so the rate will continue to fall back until 2020 if there is no increase...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I should have said that under the national development plan there is a priority for nine research and development investments, which is pretty significant.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: It is a priority laid down by Europe under the Horizon 2020 programme in innovation, research and development that all countries should try to reach the 2.5% of GNP target. It has proven extremely difficult with most countries, as with ourselves. For example, the Deputy made the point about the availability of scientists and engineers. This is why substantial funding is being put into new...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: The key metric for the assessment of innovative activity in research and development is expenditure as a percentage of GNP. Ireland's research and development intensity rate is estimated at 1.43% for 2016. In July 2017, the CSO released the national income and expenditure annual results for 2016, including the new modified gross national income, GNI, indicator, which has been designed to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: It is acknowledged by Europe that it is the success of the economy that is causing a fallback, as the Deputy would know. We are at 1.45% and I think we will probably reach approximately 1.78%. That is not bad. We will be on a par with most other countries Europe. It is not the case that when we return here in 2020, all countries in Europe will have reached 2.5%. I guarantee that they...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: That is one of the reasons we have focused a lot of time, money and effort on collaborating with multinational, foreign direct investment industries. I will give an example of that. If one went back 15 or 20 years and looked at the collaboration of our universities, institutes of technology and research and development interests with big multinational companies, one would discover that...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I do not think it is being eroded.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I know we are running over time but there is also a decision by the Government to increase masters and PhD enrolments by 500 per annum, delivering a 30% increase. That is part of the programme for Government, as is increasing the number of research personnel in enterprises from 25,000 to 40,000. Also, there is an intention to build further co-operation to maintain and enhance our scientific...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: The return is between €5 and €8.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: The ESO and CERN are leading international research collaborations in astrophysics and particle physics respectively, and we know there would be absolute benefits from membership. It would drive research excellence through collaboration on physics, which is a fundamental discipline that underpins other areas of science and technology. It is our intention to do what we can. As the Deputy...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I thank Deputy Donnelly, but does he have an hour? The Deputy has posed very important questions. It is important to note that part of our research priority does include artificial intelligence, augmented virtual reality and health and well-being, smart and sustainable food production and processing. The Deputy asked a very complicated question about science and there is always the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: Yes, I agree.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: Can the Deputy repeat his question?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I have had a chance to look at it. I should point out that we have programmes for frontier research and the Laureate Awards. That is managed by the Irish Research Council, which has a budget of €20 million. This provides 30 Laureate Awards. I do not support the Bill. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the important role of Science Foundation Ireland with the Deputy and I...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I am not questioning the Deputy - I know he is honourable and good - but these are the figures we have from Science Foundation Ireland.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I want to comment briefly on one point. Regarding funding for research and development, the universities funds, the established international model of funding is based on a ratio of one third, one third and one third in terms of public, competitiveness, and industrial funding. The governance and monitoring of that are matters for the Higher Education Authority and the education sector, not...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: That is some information for the Deputy.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: It is my money.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: It is important to note we work under the established international model, which has been pretty good and pretty forceful in recent years. It is called one third, one third and one third. It is important we evaluate that. We carry out an evaluation of how the money is spent on all the programmes every year. I can have a further discussion with the Deputy and give him whatever information...