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Irish Innovation Task Force - STI Debate in Ireland - A personal Index of Sources

This posting tried to capture the key elements of the debate in Ireland on how best to use pubic funding to incentivise innovation, prior to the launch of the Irish Innovation Task Force Report on 11th March 2010.

An interesting debate has started up in Ireland in the past few months on the justification for Ireland's investment in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET), now more usually called Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to emphasise the importance of the potential exploitation of the results of research by relevant industries.

This page aims to catalogue some primary inputs to this debate, and does not of itself espouse a particular position. For that see other articles I have published on Ireland and STI. This blog does not have comments enabled, so if you wish to comment please email me at mofoghlu attt tssg.org -- I am happy to add additional content as long is it available publicly on-line.

• The Innovation Taskforce
  • Innovation Task Force Report Launched (2010-03-11) Innovation Task Force (Full Report) (PDF)
  • Announcement: http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Government_Press_Office/Taoiseach%27s_Press_Releases_2009/Taoiseach_Appoints_Innovation_Taskforce_to_Support_the_Development_of_the_Smart_Economy.html
  • Main web page: http://www.taoiseach.ie/eng/Innovation_Taskforce/
  • Call for Submissions (DEADLINE Fri 18th Sep 2009): http://www.taoiseach.ie/eng/Innovation_Taskforce/Request_for_Submissions/
  • Submissions to The Innovation Task Force http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Innovation_Taskforce/Submissions_to_Innovation_Taskforce/
  • Summary of the submissions to The Innovation Task Force http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Innovation_Taskforce/Submissions_to_Innovation_Taskforce/Summary_of_Submission_to_the_Innovation_Taskforce.html
  • The Innovation Task Force tag on Twitter http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23itaskforce <- does a twitter search for the tag
• Selected Irish Times articles
  • 23rd June 2011 - Charting the progress of excellence in research - Conor O'Carroll http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2011/0623/1224299446742.html
  • 12th March 2010 - Positive priming can drive new jobs growth - Chris Horn http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0312/1224266103468.html
  • 12th March 2010 - Report on smart economy is vague and pulls its punches - Pat McArdle http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0312/1224266107415.html
  • 11th March 2010 - Building on a wealth of knowledge - Patrick Cunningham http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2010/0311/1224266033461.html
  • 11th March 2010 - Taskforce says plan can create 117,000 jobs - John Collins http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0311/1224266044924.html
  • 10th March 2010 - Front Page leak of report contents - Innovation taskforce says 120,000 jobs can be created - Sean Flynn http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0310/1224265980969.html
  • 12th Feb 2010 - Big rise in college 'spin-out' companies - IUA releases 2009 figures http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0212/1224264267079.html
  • 9th Feb 2010 - Invest in education and RD - Barrett http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0209/1224264028886.html
  • 30th Dec 2009 - Overcoming R&D's law of diminishing returns http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0104/1224261599678.html
  • 04th Sep 2009 - Defending Ireland's strategy for science technology and innovation, Frank Gannon (Director General, SFI) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0904/1224253647119.html
  • 04th Sep 2009 - Chris Horn on Smart Economy Strategy http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0904/1224253642455.html
  • 04th Sep 2009 - Ian Cambell discusses Rory O'Shea's research into university-innovation links http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0904/1224253815205.html
  • 04th Sep 2009 - by Michael Casey discusses the links between R&D spending and the smart economy http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0904/1224253641713.html
  • 31st Aug 2009 - Article on proposed cuts in science funding by Dick Ahlstrom http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0831/1224253510984.html
  • 27th Aug 2009 - Article by Dr Patrick Cunningham (Irish Chief Scientific Officer) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2009/0827/1224253326151.html
  • 25th Aug 2009 - Article on Investment in Research by Liam Donnelly (Teagasc) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0825/1224253194727.html
  • 20th Aug 2009 - Article on Science Funding by Michael Hennigan (Finfacts) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0820/1224252951654.html
  • 18th Aug 2009 - Article on McCarthy call to cut science funding by Luke O'Neill (TCD) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0818/1224252768970.html
  • 06th Jul 2009 - Article on Innovation Taskforce in Innovation Magazine http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0706/1224250001121.html
• Selected Sunday Business Post articles:
  • 21st March 2010 Comment: Innovation is what this country needs - Chris Horn - a response to the previous article by Colm McCarthy http://www.sbpost.ie/commentandanalysis/comment-innovation-is-what-this-country-needs-48116.html
  • 14th March 2010 - Taskforce Plan is a Flight of Pure Fantasy - Colm McCarthy http://www.sbpost.ie/newsfeatures/taskforce-plan-is-a-flight-of-pure-fantasy-47934.html
  • 30th Aug 2009 - Pearse Coyle on spin-outs and innovation http://www.thepost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS+FEATURES-qqqm=nav-qqqid=43986-qqqx=1.asp
  • 16th Aug 2009 - Response to Tol's article (see below) by Graham Love (SFI) http://www.thepost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS+FEATURES-qqqm=nav-qqqid=43759-qqqx=1.asp
  • 09th Aug 2009 - Article questioning current Irish STI policy by Richard Tol (ESRI) http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=GUEST+WRITER-qqqm=nav-qqqid=43614-qqqx=1.asp
  • 09th Aug 2009 - Blog version of Tol article (09th Aug) with comment responses from the Internet http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/08/10/ireland%E2%80%99s-flagging-innovation-strategy-needs-a-radical-overhaul/
• Sunday Tribune
  • 06th Sep 2009 - Universities under pressure to commercialise their research by Ken Griffin http://www.tribune.ie/business/article/2009/sep/06/universities-under-pressure-to-commercialise-their/
  • Chris Horn's blog - he is on the Innovation Taskforce
    • 13th March 2010 - Chris Horn's Explanation of the Innovation Task Force Report with links to a version via a zamzar HTML version (allows direct references to subsections) http://chrisjhorn.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/a-guide-to-the-innovation-taskforce-report/#more-345
    • 19th Aug 2009 - Irish Venture Capital investments 2008/2009 (link to GoogleDocs via twitter): http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BxsAN4FL7PFsZjIyNDgxZGUtZmMyYy00N2RkLWE5NWQtNDY1MWVmMGY2YjMx&hl=en
    • 18th Aug 2009 - Comment on statistics he gathered on Irish exits 2000-2009 http://chrishornat.blogspot.com/2009/08/irish-technology-exits-2000-2009.html
    • 18th Jul 2009 - Comment on 1st meeting of Innovation Taskforce http://chrishornat.blogspot.com/2009/07/innovation-task-force-first-meeting.html
  • Innovation Blog
    • 06th Jul 2009 - Post critiquing lack of debate on smart economy by Karl Whelan (UCD) http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/07/06/some-more-contributions-to-innovation-debate/#more-2984
    • 29th Jun 2009 - Commenting on Innovation Taskforce by Karl Whelan (UCD) http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/06/29/innovation-taskforce-appointed/#more-2882
  • Ferdinand von Prondzynski' Blog (President of Dublin City University - DCU)
    • 21st Aug 2009 - Comment on tone of STI debate http://universitydiary.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/research-economics-and-trench-warfare/
  • UCD/TCD Innovation Alliance Initiative
    • 11 Mar 2009 - Announcement of TCD/UCD "Innovation Alliance" http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=1121&pressReleaseArchive=2009
  • Frank Gannon's blog
    • 12th Mar 2010 - detailed comments on Task Force Report release http://frankgannon.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/the-report-of-the-innovation-taskforce/
  • Mícheál Ó Foghlú's blog
    • 16th Aug 2009 - Comment on nature of Research Institutes http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2009/08/does_ireland_need_independent.html

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