Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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326. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or salary paid to full-time PhD candidates through these funding streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35428/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department, in line with other Government Departments, operates a Refund/Advance of Fees Scheme. This is in line with Department of Finance Circular 23/2007, which guides how Refund of Fees Schemes are operated across the Civil Service.

The only State body currently under the aegis of my Department is the Army Pensions Board which is an independent statutory body, established under the Army Pensions Act 1927 and consisting of a chairman and two ordinary members and its secretary is provided from my Department’s staff.

My Department does not currently fund full-time PhD positions for any of its staff.