Bernard Allen
Question:66 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans, if any, she has to administer the £560 million Foresight fund; her views on suggestions that a newly established research foundation may set up its own institutions without first assessing what is on offer from the universities; and her further views on whether she will consider that allocating a major portion of the fund to new research institutes will seriously undermine the ability of the regional universities and colleges to sustain growth in the two key research and employment areas of information and communications technologies and bio-technology. [6913/00]