Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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747. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided for research and development. [36661/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Government Budget Allocations for R&D (GBARD) was €739.3m in 2017. It is estimated to have been €751.7m in 2018. These figures are compiled based on the R&D Budget survey undertaken each year of 30 Government Departments and agencies that spend money on R&D.  2017 is the most recently available data from the R&D budget. More information can be found in the R&D Budget 2017-2018 report available at the following link:

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The R&D Budget Survey for 2018-2019 is currently in the field with results expected to be published in late October 2019.