Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 March 2019
243. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the gross expenditure on research and development activities by Department and expressed by each Department as a percentage of total expenditure on research and development in tabular form. [11853/19]
View answerThe following table shows Government Budget Allocations on R&D (GBARD) by funding Department for 2017 and each Department's GBARD as a percentage of total GBARD. GBARD is all the public funding allocated to R&D performed across all sectors of the economy, e.g. within the higher education sector, by businesses or by Government Departments and agencies. Government Sector R&D (GOVERD) is R&D performed in-house in Government departments or agencies.
The GBARD data is taken from the R&D Budget 2017-2018, published by the Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation. 2017 is the latest data available. The R&D Budget 2017-2018 is available at the following link: https://dbei.gov.ie/en/Publications/The-R-D-Budget-2017-2018.html
Table 1: Government Budget Allocations on R&D by Funding Department, 2017
|
Funding Department |
GBARD €000's |
Percentage |
|
Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation |
380,572.2 |
51.5% |
|
Department of Education and Skills |
180,438.1 |
24.4% |
|
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
95,105.0 |
12.9% |
|
Department of Health |
48,697.0 |
6.6% |
|
Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment |
19,571.0 |
2.6% |
|
Department of Public Expenditure & Reform |
6,826.0 |
0.9% |
|
Department of Culture, Heritage & Gaeltacht |
2,463.0 |
0.3% |
|
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government |
1,510.7 |
0.2% |
|
Central Bank |
1,225.7 |
0.2% |
|
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport |
983.0 |
0.1% |
|
Department of the Taoiseach |
908.0 |
0.1% |
|
Department of Social Protection |
782.0 |
0.1% |
|
Office of Public Works |
265.0 |
0.0% |
|
Grand Total |
739,346.6 |
100.0% |
