32. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to a publication (details supplied) by the Institute of Physics in Ireland published in June 2014; his views that membership of the European Southern Observatory, ESO, is critical to Ireland's interests in the drive to ensure Ireland's position in the global knowledge economy; his further views that membership of the ESO would bring significant rewards to Ireland, including giving Irish researchers guaranteed access to its facilities and allowing Ireland to compete at the highest international levels and to align its research strategies with those of Europe, thus optimising Ireland's chances of success in Horizon 2020, giving Irish businesses the chance to compete for multimillion euro contracts including in imaging, detectors, computing and microelectronics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39336/14]

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32. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to a publication (details supplied) by the Institute of Physics in Ireland published in June 2014; his views that membership of the European Southern Observatory, ESO, is critical to Ireland's interests in the drive to ensure Ireland's position in the global knowledge economy; his further views that membership of the ESO would bring significant rewards to Ireland, including giving Irish researchers guaranteed access to its facilities and allowing Ireland to compete at the highest international levels and to align its research strategies with those of Europe, thus optimising Ireland's chances of success in Horizon 2020, giving Irish businesses the chance to compete for multimillion euro contracts including in imaging, detectors, computing and microelectronics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39336/14]

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