Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
1393. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47808/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraA Ministerial level Conference on Science and Innovation, transmitted by the Embassy of Israel to Ireland on behalf of the State of Israel’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, was due to take place in Israel in October 2023. A subsequent letter was received indicating that the conference had been postponed.
The invitation was acknowledged by my office with no further correspondence on the matter.
The Higher Education Authority and Leargas, are the National Agencies of the Erasmus Plus programme on behalf of Ireland. Under Erasmus+ programme, funding was awarded to the below for partnerships with Israel:
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Action Name and year |
Israel |
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2023 KA171 |
Trinity College Dublin University College Dublin |
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2022 KA171 |
Trinity College Dublin |
|
2020 KA107 |
Trinity College Dublin Dublin City University National College of Art and Design National University of Ireland – Galway St. Nicholas Montessori Society of Ireland |
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Project ref. no |
Project status |
Activity type |
Name of Irish beneficiary |
Country |
Partner organisation |
Type of mobility |
|
2021-1-IE01-KA153-YOU-000019903 |
Ongoing |
Mobility of youth workers |
Cloughjordan Community Farm |
Israel |
A New Dawn in the Negev |
Incoming mobility to Ireland from Israel |
|
2023-3-IE01-KA153-YOU-000182008 |
Eligible – awaiting evaluation (not yet funded) |
Mobility of youth workers |
Crooked House Theatre Company |
Israel |
The Jerusalem Ashtar theatre |
Incoming mobility to Ireland from both Israel and Palestine |
|
2023-3-IE01-KA152-YOU-000179019 |
Eligible – awaiting evaluation (not yet funded) |
Mobility of young people |
Crooked House Theatre Company |
Israel |
The Jerusalem Ashtar theatre |
Incoming mobility to Finland from Ireland and Israel (among others) |
|
2023-3-IE01-KA153-YOU-000178736 |
Eligible – awaiting evaluation (not yet funded) |
Mobility of youth workers |
Crooked House Theatre Company |
Israel |
The Jerusalem Ashtar theatre |
Incoming mobility to Turkey from Ireland and Israel (among others) |
From Science Foundation Ireland’s 2022 research outputs, there are 38 collaborations between SFI-funded researchers and researchers within Israel.
Of note:
• One third of the engagements are with the Weizmann Institute of Science & Tel Aviv University.
• University of Galway accounts for one third of collaborations and UCC, 20%.
• APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre and Curam - SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, have 4 and 3 collaborations respectively.
• The main areas covered are biomedicine, immunity & infection, and microbiology.
• There are about 15 non-academic links with companies, including Agilent Technologies Israel & IBM Israel.
