Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2024-05-08
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Niall Collins (FF), Limerick County

The agency will also be required "to promote and support the contribution made by research and innovation to economic, social, cultural and environmental development and sustainability in the State". Yes, this is about economic development but it is also about social, cultural and environmental progress. No one concept is elevated above another here. In fact, they all have parity.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-08