Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of funding that will be provided for the recently announced research call across the food institutional research measure, research stimulus fund and competitive forest for research development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40779/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Funding of approximately €10 million in total over four years has been allocated to the recently announced Research Call across the Food Institutional Research Measure, the Research Stimulus Fund and the Programme of Competitive Forest Research for Development. This funding comprises a number of new initiatives that will facilitate collaborative, inter-institutional, public good type research to enable fulfilment of a number of industry relevant targets set out in the recently published Food Harvest 2020 Report.