Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a report on Irish involvement in the Horizon 2020 programme has been commissioned; if so, when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15119/20]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Horizon 2020 is the EU Programme to support Research and Innovation. It is one of seven flagship initiatives in Europe 2020, the European Union’s ten-year jobs and growth strategy. Horizon 2020 is the eighth Framework Programme (FP8) developed by the European Commission. The Programme has a budget of €75 billion and runs from 2014 to 2020.

An interim evaluation of Ireland's participation in Horizon 2020, along with an ex-post evaluation of Ireland's participation in the 7th Framework Programme was published by my Department in July 2016, and is available on my Department's website at .

It is planned to commission an ex-post review of Ireland's participation in Horizon 2020 once the programme has concluded, likely in 2021. Ireland continues to perform strongly in the programme, with more than €950 million awarded to researchers and companies based in Ireland to date.