Geoghegan-Quinn vows to turn research into jobs
During a three hour grilling, former justice minister Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who has been out of Irish politics for more than a decade, introduced herself to the parliament as first and foremost a politician.
She impressed MEPs by speaking in a loud, clear voice as she outlined her priorities for the job of Commissioner in charge of Research, Innovation and Science, which includes the world’s biggest publicly funded research centre with the largest number of workers of any commissioner.
