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Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: There has been a measure of agreement between the parties. I compliment the Minister of State on section 5. The disbursement of funds to institutions in Northern Ireland is a great step forward. I commend him.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 16: In page 5, line 15 after ?development,? to insert the following:?or (d) the enhancement of knowledge in the wider society.?.I have also mentioned the contents of amendment No. 17, so I will not detain the Minister of State or the House. We all know picking winners is difficult, and we have 14. Picking winners is not the end of knowledge and prioritisation....

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: The amendment is not being pressed, and I thank the Minister of State for his response.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I will withdraw the amendment. I wish the Minister of State the best of fortune in both his portfolios. He cannot split himself between the two but his remit encompasses both portfolios. I am sure the knowledge he has gained in one field will be useful to him in the other field. I wish him all the best in Marlborough Street as well as in Kildare Street.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 13: In page 5, line 1, after ?Minister? to insert the following:"following consultations with learned societies such as the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society".This amendment refers to the Minister and we know from having listened to the Minister of State that he engages in consultation. Therefore, perhaps this amendment is not necessary. The section...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 14: In page 5, line 3, after "shall" to insert "either".The presentation of the wording that "The Foundation shall comply with any direction referred in subsection (3)." is stark in the Bill. If a decentralisation policy or some other policy was put forward we could not say that would not happen under this Minister because he comes to the House, discusses ideas and we...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: On that basis, amendment No. 16 will fall. I was hoping that the directions in this respect would not apply. In amendment No. 15 I was attempting to ask the Minister to include provision where, for example, the foundation could present him with 2 ft high of referred journal articles and point out, say, that what he had proposed was not worth pursuing. I know he can give a directive but...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: Under amendment No. 10, the funds could not be used to buy out lecturing. It is vital that our scientists, engineers and academics perform their duty to this country's 18-22 year olds. The real reason that taxpayers stump up this money is their hope that their children will attend these institutions. I am appalled by any suggested use of the funds to buy out lecturing. I have received...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister of State and I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I am pleased to support the Minister of State's amendment. We have much in common this afternoon.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 12: In page 4, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:"(iii) the activities in subparagraph (ii) by programmes in teacher training colleges, and in first and second level schools, (iv) the Minister for Education and Skills on these matters, and (v) the enhancement in society as a whole of knowledge and learning including, but not confined to, science,...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, line 25, after "facilities" to insert "in a cost effective manner".The Minister of State and I share much in common on this issue. Section 4(1)(f) states: "devise, administer, allocate, monitor and evaluate, schemes, grants, and other financial facilities.....". The amendment seeks the addition after "facilities" of the words "in a cost effective manner"....

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: The survey to which I referred was taken in June 2010. Many of the procedures in this country broke down between 2008 and 2010. If, as the Minister said, things will be better going forward, I accept that. However, this is not in the dim and distant past. There are people working today who presided over this country having to be rescued in late 2010. They have to reform, as we all do....

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, line 9, to delete ?and applied research? and substitute ?, applied research and education?.I will not press amendment No. 5, which proposes to incorporate applied research and education, as he Minister of State addressed the issue. The purpose of amendment No. 6 is to strengthen the assessment, including assessments by international external examiners, and...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, line 17, to delete ?the State? and substitute ?Ireland?.This is a minor amendment. The State might mean the Exchequer, while Ireland is the island of Ireland. I will leave this matter to the Minister of State given that he proposes later to extend the remit of Science Foundation Ireland to the entire island. I will not press the amendment but if this...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: We could deal with it when we discuss aspects of the legislation relating to Northern Ireland. It is not a major amendment.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 8: In page 4, line 21, to delete ?in the State? and substitute ?and learned societies?.Under the current wording, Science Foundation Ireland, SFI, will "cooperate and collaborate with other statutory bodies in the State". I have proposed to delete the words "in the State" and insert the phrase "and learned societies". I displayed some prejudice, if one likes, in this...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: We should thank the Royal Dublin Society for the use of this hall, which it left us in 1924. My concern from my own area is that none of the insiders, quangos and bureaucrats had ever heard of Morgan Kelly in University College Dublin. There are people outside this insider circle who know a great deal and it is a shame to have them excluded. In the area of transport in which I operate, for...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, line 6, to delete "strategic".On the need to integrate the applied science and the research, in Cambridge I met people who had been lectured to by Walton, the last Irish Nobel Prize winner. They all remember how good a lecturer he was, particularly for women who had not done physics in school. I am trying to make that linkage in the section but I...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 24, to delete ?strategic?.I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Sherlock, to the House. There was a good Second Stage debate on this Bill last week and I have some suggestions to make to the Minister of State, in the hope that he may find them useful in bringing forward the Bill. Members are aware...