Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 February 2018
97. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the moneys allocated by the Irish Research Council in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018 under the enterprise partnership and employment led schemes; the amount recouped from employers in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8856/18]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy for the years 2012 to 2017 is outlined in the table. The information for 2018 is not readily available at this stage.
Irish Research Council funding of enterprise programmes and co-funding collected from enterprise partners, 2012-2017.
|
2012 Amounts Allocated |
2012 Amount Collected |
2013 Amounts Allocated |
2013 Amount Collected |
2014 Amounts Allocated |
2014 Amount Collected |
|
|
EPS Schemes * |
€3,201,600 |
€1,198,257 |
€ 3,672,000 |
€ 1,322,437 |
€ 4,100,947 |
€ 1,491,855 |
|
EBP ** |
€ 720,000 |
N/A |
€ 1,044,000 |
N/A |
€ 1,504,000 |
N/A |
|
TOTAL |
€3,921,600 |
€1,198,257 |
€ 4,716,000 |
€ 1,322,437 |
€ 5,604,947 |
€ 1,491,855 |
table contd.
|
2015 Amounts Allocated |
2015 Amount Collected |
2016 Amounts Allocated |
2016 Amount Collected |
2017 Amounts Allocated |
2017 Amount Collected |
|
|
EPS Schemes * |
€ 3,674,918 |
€ 1,155,089 |
€ 3,882,483 |
€ 1,882,660 |
€ 4,194,639 |
€ 1,402,288 |
|
EBP ** |
€ 2,424,653 |
N/A |
€ 2,559,692 |
N/A |
€ 2,346,975 |
N/A |
|
TOTAL |
€ 6,099,571 |
€ 1,155,089 |
€ 6,442,175 |
€ 1,882,660 |
€ 6,541,614 |
€ 1,402,288 |
The Amount Collected columns refer to co-funding collected from enterprise partners.
*Enterprise Partnership Scheme. The Irish Research Council invoices companies for one third of the value of the award on an annual basis.
**Employment-based postgraduate programme. No money is claimed by the Irish Research Council as part of the Employment Based Programme. Employers make the salary contribution directly to the awardee.
