Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 January 2019
124. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount expended here as a percentage of GDP on research spending in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [2294/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information is as follows:
|
Year |
GERD as a percentage of GDP |
|
2010 |
1.6% |
|
2011 |
1.6% |
|
2012 |
1.6% |
|
2013 |
1.6% |
|
2014 |
1.5% |
|
2015 |
1.2% |
|
2016 |
1.2% |
|
2017 |
1.2% |
The table shows Gross Expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP for Ireland for 2010-2017. Gross expenditure on R&D includes R&D carried out in the Government, Business and Higher Education sectors. Note data on 2018 is not available yet. For more information please see the Research and Development Budget 2017-2018 at the following link:
https://dbei.gov.ie/en/Publications/The-R-D-Budget-2017-2018.html.
