The table below sets out the breakdown of the capital allocation of €368,054,000 across my Department’s Innovation programme.
REV 2019
|
€,000
|
|
Capital
|
B - INNOVATION
|
368,054
|
B.4 - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
|
300,250
|
Enterprise Ireland
|
122,000
|
Science Foundation Ireland
|
172,750
|
Tyndall Institute
|
5,500
|
B.5 - PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH IN THIRD LEVEL INSTITUTIONS
|
24,300
|
PRTLI Cycle 5
|
1,878
|
SFI PhD Programme
|
15,500
|
E-Journals
|
5,700
|
ICHEC (Inc. PRACE 2.0)
|
1,222
|
B.6 - SUBSCRIPTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, ETC.
|
23,504
|
European Molecular Biology Conf
|
202
|
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
|
1,248
|
EUREKA - Involved in S&T Research
|
33
|
COST
|
11
|
European Space Agency
|
18,313
|
CECAM
|
30
|
LOFAR
|
91
|
ELIXIR
|
76
|
ESO (European Southern Observatory)
|
3,500
|
B.9 - DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION FUND
|
20,000
|
The Deputy will appreciate that much of the capital supports provided through the Department’s Innovation Programme are by way of grants to develop and promote Innovation including supporting research focused bodies such as SFI, Enterprise Ireland, Tyndall Institute, supporting Ireland’s membership of International Research Organisations such as the European Space Agency, the European Southern Observatory and other Research focused Agencies.
The 2019 capital allocation to the Department’s Innovation Programme represents an increase of 12.28% on the 2018 allocation of €327.8m. The additional €40 m in capital monies secured for the Innovation Programme in 2019 will support a number of new initiatives, including
- The provision of €20million to roll out First Phase of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund; The provision of an additional €2.75million in capital monies to meet the full year cost of European Southern Observatory membership;
- The provision of an additional €10million in capital funding to meet the full year cost of the new PhD/Research Masters Programme;
- The provision of an additional €500k in capital funding to further support our membership of the European Space Agency
- The provision of additional €5million in capital to support the renewal of six SFI world-class research centres,
- The provision of an additional €1million in capital for SFI’s Strategic Partnership Programme;
- The provision of an additional €1million in funding to support the development of the Tyndall Institute
The provision of this additional capital funding demonstrates the Government’s commitment to supporting business to enable them to innovate and compete in a global marketplace as envisaged in Innovation 2020 the Government’s national strategy for Research & Development.