Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-12
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

We need to say that if we put billions of public money into research, it must involve a public return. We cannot let patents and bottlenecks and the maximisation of profit stand in the way of the sharing of technologies that could save lives across the world on climate. This is fundamental. I hope our institutions can lead in technology and in a new era of research for the global common good.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-12