Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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2113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can provide further and detailed information based on an online investigation report (details supplied) that listed Science Foundation Ireland as funding a researcher to the amount of $649,891 following their involvement with a network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58262/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland has no associations with the research group identified. There is no reference to this group ever receiving funding within Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland’s Grants and Awards Management System, which also contains grants management data transferred from the previous funding agency prior to the establishment of the new agency in 2024.

The existing rigorous processes which protect funding awarded by the agency, and the policies in place to protect and uphold academic freedom and research integrity, are routinely reviewed and updated to support Irish researchers and our well deserved national reputation for research excellence and integrity.