Ninth Level Ireland

“Irish third-level universities are set to play a vital role in a new research and development (R&D) directory for businesses. The directory, organised by Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI), will serve as a resource for companies looking to partner with universities for R&D opportunities, specifically with STEM-based projects …” (more)

[Devin Sean Martin, The College View, 25 June]

“Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the public and private investment in research and development as a numerical value, a share of GDP, a share of GNI and a share of GNI* in each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 25 March]

“Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public expenditure on research and development and as a percentage in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 25 February]

“In a recent report conducted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ireland was ranked 23rd out of 37 OECD countries in relation to research spending in 2018, a drastic drop of nine places since 2008. As a result, the Irish Universities Association (IUA) called for ‘a step change’ in R&D investment …” (more)

[Mollie Downes, College Tribune, 25 January]

“Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Science, Technology, Research and Development, James Lawless, has said the short-sighted approach taken by Fine Gael in only funding research with expedient commercial outputs has greatly hampered the research and development ecosystem in Ireland …” (more)

[Fianna Fáil, 15 September]

“The pay gap between women and men working in scientific research and development positions in Ireland is the largest in the European Union, with women earning on average 30% less than men, research has found. The European Commission on Monday released She Figures 2018, which presents key indicators on progress made towards gender equality in research and innovation, to mark the 20th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science …” (more)

[Sorcha Pollak, Irish Times, 11 February]

“Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael): To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation continues to be a feature of enterprise and investment here; if she remains satisfied that new enterprises have adequate access to innovation technology and-or appropriate assistance from the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 18 October]

“Ireland now appears further away than ever from meeting one of the key targets of its innovation strategy – significantly increased spending on research and development, according to new figures released by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation …” (more)

[RTÉ News, 10 October]

“Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation and Research and Development, John Halligan TD, has welcomed the latest figures on Government investment in research and development (R&D) published today by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, which show that over €750m is estimated to have been invested in R&D in 2018 …” (more)

[Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, 5 October]

“Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail): To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest findings by the EU’s research and innovation observatory (details supplied) which indicates that research and development funding here is largely focused on multinationals rather than SMEs and that research and development here is below that of average spends by firms in other EU nations; and if she will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 25 May]

“Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation to third level research and development over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 12 April]

“The share of research and development work done in the private sector here is among the highest in Europe. But the Government here is unusually weak when it comes to direct funding of innovation. Over 60% of all workers involved in R&D are working full-time in the private sector, making Ireland only second to Sweden in the 28-member bloc …” (more)

[Sean Duffy, Independent, 2 November]

“Several multinational firms have been found to be aggressively and improperly claiming tax credits for research and development to lower their corporation tax bills. A Government scheme gives firms up to 25% of their expenditure on R&D in the form of cash or a credit against their corporation tax …” (more)

[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 3 September]

“For the purpose of Eurostat and EU Structural Funds, two NUTS 2 regions of Ireland were established and came into effect in July 1999. One is the Southern and Eastern region, and the other one is Border, Midland and Western region …” (more)

[Research on Higher Education in Ireland, 24 March]

“The research and development landscape in Ireland will be on the agenda of the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation tomorrow, Tuesday 4th February when it meets with Minister of State for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock …” (more)

[Houses of the Oireachtas, 3 February]

“… On the other hand, although Ireland may have been last in the ranking of thirty nations for commercial funding per researcher, clearly Ireland is nevertheless doing something right. Ireland is one of the world leaders for foreign direct investment …” (more)

[Chrisjhorn’s Blog, 4 September]

“Banks in Ireland have loaned just €3 million to small firms specialising in scientific research and development since 2010, according to figures from the Irish Central Bank …” (more)

[TheJournal.ie, 18 August]

“A new study, published on Monday, has ranked Irish universities as the least appealing to big corporations for investment in research when compared with other international colleges …” (more)

[Graham Murtagh, University Times, 15 August]

“The publication of the Times Higher Education survey at the beginning of this week didn’t show Ireland in its best light. It concluded that universities in Ireland have one of the worst records in attracting big business to invest in collaborative research and development …” (more)

[Barry Heavey, TheJournal.ie, 14 August]

“… It seems that in each country only a selection of universities was surveyed, and in Ireland these were the four universities of the National University of Ireland – that is Cork, Dublin, Galway and Maynooth, along with Trinity, thereby omitting DCU, UL and the nine Institutes of Technology …” (more)

[John Kelly, Independent, 13 August]