Research and Development
Dail Éireann — 2025-05-22
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Naoise Ó Cearúil (FF), Kildare North

I congratulate the Minister on his elevation to Cabinet. As a constituency colleague, it is great to see him in that brief. He has hit the ground running, and I have no doubt that the rest of his term will be a success. I wish him well.
We know from the Irish Universities Association, IUA, that half of the equipment in third level institutions is more than ten years old and that a third is more than 15 years old. How does the Minister plan to modernise basic research equipment in universities?

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Sitting date: 2025-05-22