115 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing professional researchers both in terms of securing permanent employment and choosing a career path; her views on whether meeting these challenges is particularly important in order to enhance Ireland’s position as an attractive research location for Irish and international researchers and that meeting these challenges is an urgent matter in view of the rapid increase in PhD graduates here; the steps she has taken to implement the Forfás report Towards a Framework for Researcher Careers since its publication in October 2008; the number of times the researcher careers working group has met since the publication of the report; the progress it has made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27301/09]

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115 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing professional researchers both in terms of securing permanent employment and choosing a career path; her views on whether meeting these challenges is particularly important in order to enhance Ireland’s position as an attractive research location for Irish and international researchers and that meeting these challenges is an urgent matter in view of the rapid increase in PhD graduates here; the steps she has taken to implement the Forfás report Towards a Framework for Researcher Careers since its publication in October 2008; the number of times the researcher careers working group has met since the publication of the report; the progress it has made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27301/09]

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