Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Europe is committed to supporting New Technologies Intel Ireland Leixlip

From Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Europe, at the dedication of a new Intel facility in Ireland. "[W]e will also focus on the wider dissemination of information on the results of publicly-funded research. By promoting the practice of “open access”, the academic and industrial research communities can gain free-of-charge access to scientific publications and reports. In 2008, the Commission launched the Open Access Pilot in the Seventh Framework Programme which covers around 20% of the FP7 budget and applies to seven research areas. This will be expanded in Horizon 2020...."