DONEGAL Senator Cecilia
Keaveney has welcomed the allocation of the R&D
portfolio to Irish Commissioner-designate and her
"mentor" Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.
"I am personally very delighted for Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
that she has been nominated as Commissioner for
Research and Innovation and that she has been
allocated such a heavy-hitting portfolio.”
"I have known Máire since I was first elected and
she was like a mentor to me in my early years in
Leinster House. She is a very practical and hard
working woman and I have every confidence that she
will do Ireland proud in the position of Irish
Commissioner," said Senator Keaveney.
Senator Keaveney said the Irish and European focus
was moving increasingly towards R&D and innovation
and described the appointment as "significant" for
Ireland's first woman Commissioner.
“Her portfolio includes the 7th Framework Programme
for Research and Technological Development, which
supports a range of new technologies across a
spectrum of economic sectors including food,
agriculture, fisheries and information and
communication technologies.
“While she will be working on an EU-wide agenda as
Commissioner, Ireland can only benefit from her
appointment to this significant portfolio," added
the Moville-based senator. |
