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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: We will see. I am hoping to contribute too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I will come in with my own questions. This is very exciting. We are now looking at a research and innovation Ireland agency. It is a brand new agency that will be world class. It will be competing across the world in terms of research. I am excited to see it. There is also a new Higher Education Authority Act. There has been a lot of change, including the establishment of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the witnesses. It is very much about the balance and seeing how research has developed across so many areas in society, but also in enterprise and the economy, as well as the current challenges we face as a country, in particular our environmental challenges in climate action. I will put a question to Dr. Lillis and bring in the other committee members as well. I have one other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: And those costs will be in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Okay. I thank Dr. Lillis. I will bring in Senator Pauline O’Reilly for five minutes and then Deputies Jim O’Callaghan and Clarke. I may come in again at the end if that is alright.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Would the Senator like to direct the question to a member of the panel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: If there are collaborations, perhaps sometimes it could be possible to collaborate with principal investigators in other jurisdictions. US-Ireland research programme, which involves the North and the South, would be an example of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I will just ask a couple of other questions before we conclude. Again, I thank the witnesses for their submissions. Dr. Lillis spoke very well about the early researcher. I worked with a number of them in the research office in Galway, for example. It is very important that we have those funding programmes to provide support. The IRC was very good in this area with the Government of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: How often will they meet or will they be reporting? What are the outputs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Dr. Lillis. On innovation, I understand research and innovation Ireland will be the name of the new agency. A lot of innovation happens within our universities such as campus spin outs, the technology transfer offices, and the commercialisation of research. How will we improve the actual time it takes to negotiate spin outs from universities in this new agency? How will we rely on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: The measure of success will have to be how many spin-outs we get. How long does it take to get contracts done in universities? Are there supports within research offices? I have worked in the research office in the University of Galway and I know about capacity within universities. How are we going to ensure that this Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: It is about communication and the best use of funding to provide value for money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. Conlon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I think we are well on our way. I thank all of our witnesses for attending and for their time. It is an exciting time and I am really looking forward to it. Here is to research and innovation Ireland. The briefing has been productive. We will suspend for a few minutes before the next session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Professor Cormac Taylor, professor of cellular physiology, Conway Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Helen Kelly-Holmes, professor of applied languages, school of modern languages and applied linguistics, University of Limerick; and Professor Jim Livesey, vice president, research and innovation, University of Galway. The witnesses are here...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I call Professor Livesey. I hope I am pronouncing his name correctly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: We might do a summary at the end, if that is all right and the Senator can come back in on points. I am just conscious of the time now to allow for Deputy O'Callaghan but we will have time for the Senator to come back as well.