Paul has been involved with development and implementation of science and technology policy since the 1980s, first with the National Board for Science & Technology, and subsequently with the Irish Council for Science, Technology & Innovation, the Discover Science & Engineering programme and ICS Skills, the not-for-profit company established by the Irish Computer Society to promote computer literacy. He has worked with major IT companies and indigenous startups, and, in Rédacteurs, the company he set up in 1989, provided consultancy services to Government, State agencies and private enterprise throughout Europe.