Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 April 2014

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Questions (106)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

106. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the local contact points for the Horizon 2020 programme. [15830/14]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

With a budget of just under €80 billion and covering the period 2014 to 2020, Horizon 2020 is the EU's new programme for research and innovation. Horizon 2020 is a core part of Europe 2020, the Innovation Union and the European Research Area and is responding to the economic crisis by investing in future jobs and growth, addressing people's concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment and strengthening the EU's global position in research, innovation and technology.

Ireland is well positioned to benefit from Horizon 2020, building on our excellent performance in Horizon 2020's predecessor - Framework Programme Seven - from which we obtained €600 million in funding to researchers in Ireland. The Government has set an ambitious target of €1.25 billion in funding to Ireland over the lifetime of Horizon 2020.

A national support network, coordinated by Enterprise Ireland, has been established, comprising knowledgeable and experienced practitioners who are charged with helping companies and academics access the funding opportunities presented by Horizon 2020. The following table includes contact details of all the Irish national contact points for Horizon 2020. An information brochure providing further details of the national contact points for the programme can be found at the following link:

Horizon 2020 poster

Area	Name	Organisation	Phone	Email
National Director & Space & JRC	Imelda Lambkin	Enterprise Ireland	01-7272665	[e-mail]
Legal and Financial Aspects	Catriona Ward	Enterprise Ireland	01-7272007	[e-mail]
SMEs	Sean Burke	Enterprise Ireland	061-777048	[e-mail]
SMEs	Jill Leonard	Enterprise Ireland	01-7272751	[e-mail]
Access to Finance	Evelyn Smith	Enterprise Ireland	00322-6739866	[e-mail]
European Research Council	Graeme Horley	Science Foundation Ireland	01-6073118	[e-mail]
European Research Council	Paul Kilkenny	Irish Research Council	01-2317143	[e-mail]
Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions	Jennifer Brennan	Irish Universities Association	01-6764948	[e-mail]
European Research Infrastructures	Michael Ryan	Science Foundation Ireland	01-6073200	[e-mail]
Information and Communication Technologies & Future & Emerging Technologies	Stephen O'Reilly	Enterprise Ireland	021-4800217	[e-mail]
Information and Communication Technologies	Gerard Kennedy	Enterprise Ireland	061-777052	[e-mail]
Nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing & biotechnology	Sergio Fernandez-Ceballos	Enterprise Ireland	01-7272704	[e-mail]
Nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing & biotechnology	Liam Brown	Enterprise Ireland	061-777047	[e-mail]
Health, demographic change and wellbeing	Kay Duggan-Walls	Health Research Board	01-2345187	[e-mail]
Health, demographic change and wellbeing & EURATOM	Ciarán Duffy	Enterprise Ireland	01-7272760	[e-mail]
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy; & Biotechnology	Dale Crammond	Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine	01-6072302	[e-mail]
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy; & Biotechnology	Geoffrey O'Sullivan	Marine Institute	091-387200	[e-mail]
Secure, clean and efficient energy	Philip Cheasty	Enterprise Ireland	021-4800216	[e-mail]
Smart, green and integrated transport	Bob Flynn	Enterprise Ireland	061-777050	[e-mail]
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials	Alice Wemaere	Environmental Protection Agency	01-2680146	[e-mail]
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials	Mark Sweeney	Enterprise Ireland	01-7272616	[e-mail]
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies; science in and for society; widening participation	Paul Kilkenny	Irish Research Council	01-2317143	[e-mail]
Security	Michael Murphy	Enterprise Ireland	01-7272516	[e-mail]
Spreading excellence and widening participation & EIT	Catriona Ward	Enterprise Ireland	01-7272007	[e-mail]
Science with and for Society	Alva O'Cleirigh	Science Foundation Ireland	01-607 3249	alva.o'[e-mail]