Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 December 2017
303. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Exchequer funding allocated to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis since it was established up to 2017; and the 2018 allocation. [53686/17]
View answerSFI was established in July 2003 under the provisions of the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act, 2003. The financial information set out in the table below shows the annual exchequer funding allocated to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis from 2003 to 2017, together with the 2018 allocation.
|
Year |
Total annual allocation in €000 |
|
2003 |
69,400 |
|
2004 |
113,700 |
|
2005 |
129,500 |
|
2006 |
147,500 |
|
2007 |
165,772 |
|
2008 |
185,869 |
|
2009 |
176,024 |
|
2010 |
159,833 |
|
2011 |
175,142 |
|
2012 |
169,669 |
|
2013 |
162,300 |
|
2014 |
162,840 |
|
2015 |
168,230 |
|
2016 |
193,662 |
|
2017 |
172,631 |
|
2018 |
177,565 |
For the information of the Deputy, I would like to note that the above budget allocation figures include all sanctioned Deferred Surrender (Capital Carryover) monies, together with any Supplementary Estimate monies as approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas that were provided to SFI for the years in question.
In addition to its 2018 allocation, SFI will be asked to administer a new postgraduate programme for Research Masters and PhDs. The funding to commence this new programme in 2018 will be found within the allocation for the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions which is a separate budget line of my Department. The total allocation to PRTLI in 2018 is €14.3m.
