Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2013
1057. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the funding amount provided towards the development of non-animal alternative bioscience research methods - known as the 3Rs, replacement, reduction and refinement - in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he could confirm the proportion allocated to each method. [28096/13]
View answerThe Deputy may wish to note that all project applications in the period referred to in the Deputy's question, that is, 2010 to 2012, involving the use of animals required the application of replacement, reduction and refinement considerations. It would not have been possible for research projects to be licensed by my Department in the absence of such considerations. However, there was no dedicated budget line provided by Government for this purpose.
