195. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis, in considering any proposals to reform career structures for researchers with masters degrees and PhDs working in higher level institutions or in research bodies attached to these HEIs that receive State research funding and contracts, has concerns that contracts of indefinite duration used in these contexts to employ researchers have a negative effect on the State's ability to attract and retain research talent; and his views on whether these contracts can be exploitative of researchers. [37113/16]

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195. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis, in considering any proposals to reform career structures for researchers with masters degrees and PhDs working in higher level institutions or in research bodies attached to these HEIs that receive State research funding and contracts, has concerns that contracts of indefinite duration used in these contexts to employ researchers have a negative effect on the State's ability to attract and retain research talent; and his views on whether these contracts can be exploitative of researchers. [37113/16]

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