6 For the purposes of this particular analysis, exporting activity employment is estimated using the CSO QNHS

6 For the purposes of this particular analysis, exporting activity employment is estimated using the CSO QNHS data, specifically NACE codes B-E (Industry) and J (Information and communication), and data from DJEI’s Annual employment Survey (Internationally Traded Services)

Table 5

	Metric	Baseline7	Target 2020	Data Source
	GERD (Gross Expenditure on Research and Development – both		2.5% of GNP
1		€2.9bn		DJEI
	public and private)
		€24m per	€48m per
2	Increase private funding of R&D performed in HE sector			HERD survey (DJEI)
		annum	annum
	Increase research masters and Ph.D. enrolments	1,750 (2015)	2,250
3
		24,785 (2013)	40,000	BERD survey (CSO)
4	Research Personnel8 in Enterprise
	Increase number of firms that are9:
5	a. Innovation active	a. 58%	a. 73%	Innovation in Irish
	b. Significant R&D performers
		b. 1,040	b. 1,200
	c. Large R&D performers			Enterprises survey (CSO)
		c. 170	c. 200
	Commercialisation Targets
	a. Commercially relevant technologies (Licences, Options,
		a. 124	a. 175
6	Assignments)
		b. 29	b. 40
	b. Spinouts			EI/Knowledge Transfer
		c. 11	c. 16
	c. High Potential Start-Ups (HPSUs) from Spinouts			Ireland
		d. 878	d. 920
	d. Collaborative research projects between enterprise and PRS10
		€620m under
7	Drawdown Horizon 2020		€1.25bn	European Commission
		FP7
		+13%
8	Innovation Union Scoreboard: performance relative to EU average		+20%	European Commission
		(2015)
				Barometer survey (SFI,
9	How informed the public feel about R&D in STEM	49% (2015)	60%
				biennial)

7Baseline year is 2014, unless otherwise indicated.

8 Includes researchers, technicians and support staff.

9 Using CSO definitions.

10 Public Research System.

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