Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

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 regard earlier. There are too many statutory bodies. Learned societies are where knowledge is located. I have two such societies in mind, namely, the Royal Irish Academy and Royal Dublin Society. As an bord snip showed, bureaucracy in this area is a problem rather than the solution. The point I seek to incorporate in my amendment is that collaboration between different brands of bureaucrats differs from collaboration between different brands of scholars.