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"As you know, Commissioner, my party – Sinn Féin – has been arguing for a more joined-up approach on the policy of innovation, research and development in Ireland, both North and South.
As a low-performing area, only 424 companies out of a business space of 70 000 invest in R&D in the North of Ireland, and many of the SMEs have no understanding or awareness of their eligibility to take part or to avail themselves of the opportunities. Therefore, while Invest NI, without doubt, has much more to do to increase that awareness (and I think they need to look quite closely at what Enterprise Ireland has been doing, so that we can avail ourselves of the opportunities), I would like to hear more about how SMEs are going to understand the simplification process that you talked about, the flexibility that you said is going to be applied, the role that you see the Commission having in facilitating the increased engagement of SMEs – particularly (I have to say) in a low performing area like the North of Ireland. In particular, do you see a strategic role for the Commission in encouraging and facilitating an all-Ireland synergy in this area?"@en1
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