340. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in view of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July to 31 December 2026, whether any citizen science initiatives are planned as part of the presidency programme, having regard to the role of citizen engagement within the European Union Missions framework; and if he will mak…
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12 questions from 5 TDs, between 27 March 2025 and 1 July 2026.
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341. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to list each funding instrument, PhD programme, fellowship, award, public engagement programme or research infrastructure programme under his Department or Research Ireland that has supported citizen science, citizen generated data, public participation in data collection, or open source research infra…
342. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and value of projects funded under the Discover Programme since its inception that included citizen science, citizen generated data, environmental monitoring, software, data infrastructure or open source research infrastructure; the outcomes reported including numbers of participants engaged…
343. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether a funding instrument under his remit permits a citizen led open source research initiative to apply as lead applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50218/26]
344. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether a citizen led open source research initiative may receive funding under his remit for direct research activity, research infrastructure, software development, data infrastructure, open source maintenance, field data collection, data validation or long term platform sustainability; and if he wil…
345. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department or Research Ireland has assessed the policy gap between funding public engagement about research and funding citizen science as research activity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50220/26]
346. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department or Research Ireland has ever formally evaluated OpenLitterMap, an Irish open source citizen science platform, or assessed its relevance to citizen science, open science, environmental monitoring, research infrastructure or digital public goods; and if he will make a statement on …
1252. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the Irish Governments plans to facilitate the recruitment of expert US scientists following President Trumps decision to cease funding for several sectors of research including climate change, medicine and diversity (details supplied), as Ireland urgently requires climate experts, especially now, to help …
201. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure universities have up-to-date and working equipment for the sciences. [66948/25]
1259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is considering any policy measures to remedy the "replication crisis" in the life sciences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23992/25]
1260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for details of any policies in place, or in development, to mitigate "p-hacking" and other forms of scientific malpractice in research and publishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23993/25]
7. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on his recent visit to CERN; if he will provide an update on Ireland's CERN membership and CERN strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8127/25]