Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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2636.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing open access to journal articles for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33111/24]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) is a nationally funded e-resource licensing consortium providing access to leading science, technology and medicine and humanities and social sciences resources on behalf of participating Irish publicly funded HEIs. IReL delivers quality peer-reviewed online research publications including journals, ebooks, databases and index and abstracting services.

In 2024, total funding for IReL from the Dept, HEA and HEIs is anticipated to amount to €16.253m.

The allocation to IReL for 2025 will be considered in the context of the 2025 Budget process.