Written answers
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Research Funding Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount expended here as a percentage of GNP on research spending in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [4766/19]
John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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The table shows Ireland's Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) and GERD as a percentage of GNP for 2010 to 2017. Note data on 2018 (or for 2019 to date) is not available yet.
| Year | GERD | GERD as % GNP |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2669.5 | 1.92% |
| 2011 | 2665.9 | 1.94% |
| 2012 | 2758.1 | 1.99% |
| 2013 | 2849.2 | 1.89% |
| 2014 | 2969.3 | 1.81% |
| 2015 | 3133.4 | 1.56% |
| 2016 | 3242.8 | 1.46% |
| 2017 estimate | 3396.1 | 1.46% |
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