Is it really? Have a listen to this morning’s ‘Morning Ireland’:
http://www.rte.ie/news/morningireland/player.html?20130225,20160497,20160497,flash,232

Political hyperbole.

Coincidence that this happened after this happened last week? http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/sherlock-denies-science-role-clash-223295.html

Maybe those with the training can go start a consultancy business with their skills rather than wait for an employer.

I find that consultancies are ingroups often hired by multiple government agencies while newcomers have no way to market themselves effectively because their work is never seen. Been there, done that. Several times. Been plagiarised by the established consultants.

Have you got a memory foam mattress?

No I dont.

Have you got a smartphone?

Ireland didn’t invent either.. Bollucks!

Ireland’s investment in R&D has been miniscule – even this is a small investment. Even multinational organisations tend to do most of their R&D elsewhere – though that’s changing slowly. If the capability and culture is developed that will increase.

Ahhh!!!! 300,000 million. That could run the country for a decade!

Austerity IS CRIPPLING PEOPLE NOW! The funding is comprised of €200 million from the Irish Exchequer….200,000 million.. that’s 200,000 million .. our deficit is 170,000 million .. ROI… and I’m fighing for non social working hour premuims… something is seriosly wrong here!

Sorry Michael, I think you misunderstood my sarcasm there. You seem to be mixing up your millions with your billions. Our national debt is in the billions – granted – but the amount coming out of the exchequer is 200 million, not 200,000 million as you are claiming.
Still 200 million is still a lot of money at a time like this, but I would have to side with the other commenters in saying this is money well spent. I genuinely feel for people struggling on low incomes, because I am one of them and I agree with you that austerity is bad for the economy. But this 200 million is economic stimulus – the opposite of austerity, so you should see the value in it.

Michael, again what is 300,000 million? Are you trying to say 300 million? 300,000 million would be 300 billion. Your numbers are way off.

I’m not agreeing with you Michael. See my reply below.

Are you kidding me? You want Ireland to abandon it’s future and scientific research so home help workers can be paid? Have you any idea what this 300m can do for this country?

The country will be paying 200,000 million…in innovation through our taxes…innovation that has already been researched in other countries…that’s the wakeup call!! 7 research centres.. please.. they will come searching for money next year and the year after that… no money will be made until you find or create something creditable.. So in 10-20 years after all said and done…It will have cost the taxpayer Billions while only reaping very little! 750,000 million from 157 partners is a good thing but they will benefit not the taxpayer in the long run!! .
Drug synthesis/crystallization, to help produce new and improved drug formulations.. com’n Big Pharma should be footing the bill not tax payers…
Where did 200 million come from….when this country is so-called broke!!!
What a joke! They couldn’t even centralise the research centre! There planning for 7 centres? Why…
Well I hope they have planned past the first 2 years without the taxpayers money!

@Michael, I don’t know if you’re being thick and a troll on purpose but here goes.

1) That’s 200 million-ish from the taxpayer over the next few years, not all this year. Wouldn’t do much to the deficit really.

2) If all a goverment ever did was in “invest” in current problems rather than invest in the future then all we’d have in a decade are infinite tescos in this country.

3} Centralise them? This is almost definitely rebranding and investment in current colleges and research centres. For example I’d be willing to bet that that nano-science research centre is one that already exists. Probably the one in Trinity, what are you going to do? Tell them to budge up we’re just going to do a bit of marine research here as well?

I realise form your incessant commenting your almost definitely a hungover troll but I just can’t resist batting yee back down once in a while.

Michael, what is 200,000 million and 750,000 million? You might want to do some research into proper math?

What about the 50,000 billion grand they could be spending on FAT CATS pensions???!!!!! AHHHHH!!! OYRELAND!!!!

Conor I don’t make personal comments so please do the same! Your making an ass out yourself with personal assumptions. Maybe my numbers are not correct but typos are one thing but degrading comments only come from trolls! Please show some dignity and respect!
This Gov keeps spending 200,000 million in research and innovation of the exchequers money for highly skilled jobs while 200,000 million could have been spent on Youth unemployment, SME’s wheeltrans for the disabled or the most vulnerable in society!!
Still believe “Wrong time, wrong plan”
I’m probably taking 30% pay cut while freaking innovation is getting 200,000 million… something wrong with that picture!

@ Conor! I must say “incessant commenting” was funny and true,, just pissed off at the funding system in this country!! Reactive comments probally don’t help…point taken! LOL

No research, no replacement jobs for the lads in gsk,no jobs for them, no money to pay you… (or me for that matter) .