Enterprise Ireland

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Enterprise Ireland
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State Agency of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment overview
Formed1998
Jurisdiction Ireland
HeadquartersEast Point Business Park, The Plaza, Dublin 3, D03 E5R6
State Agency of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment executives
  • Leo Clancy, CEO
  • Terence O'Rourke, Chairman
Key document
  • Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act, 1998
Website Enterprise Ireland website

Enterprise Ireland is an Irish state economic development agency focused on helping Irish-owned business deliver new export sales. The aim of Enterprise Ireland is to help Irish enterprises to "start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets." [1]

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History

Enterprise Ireland was established by the Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998, superseding two earlier bodies: Forbairt and An Bord Tráchtála. [2] [3] Forbairt was established in 1993 as part of Forfás, [4] to make industrial development grants, [2] [5] while An Bord Tráchtála was established in 1991 through the merger of the Irish Goods Council and Córas Tráchtala [2] [6] — a statutory body founded in 1959 to market Irish goods abroad [7] — and successor of Córas Tráchtála Teoranta, founded in 1951. [8] The Irish Goods Council was founded to market Irish goods in Ireland in 1974, originally within the National Development Association as the Working Group on the Promotion and Sale of Irish Goods; [9] [10] in 1978 it was spun out and merged with Vivian Murray's private National Development Council as a limited company. [10]

Operations

Support for companies

Enterprise Ireland provides financial support and advice to Irish technology companies, helping them promote goods and services in international markets, with specific focus on the software sector.[ citation needed ]

Applied Research Enhancement Program

Applied Research Enhancement (ARE) Centres are funded by Enterprise Ireland with the purpose of providing specialised expertise, research and development capabilities and access to state of the art equipment to companies. Companies may engage with AREs under a number of EI funded opportunities including EI vouchers and Innovation Partnerships.[ citation needed ]

The AREs are divided sectorally into ICT and Software, Bio-Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, and Bio-medical Devices and Materials.[ citation needed ]

The ICT and Software Sector AREs are:

The Bio Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Sector AREs are:

The Biomedical Devices and Materials Sector AREs are:

Other programmes

Enterprise Platform Programmes (EPP) were business incubator programmes run under the remit of Enterprise Ireland to meet the needs of Irish entrepreneurs in a business start-up situation.[ citation needed ] The Enterprise Platform Programme was replaced by the "New Frontiers" programme in February 2012. [12]

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References

  1. Enterprise Ireland official website
  2. 1 2 3 Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Archived from the original on 19 March 2014
  3. "Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act, 1998". Irish Statute Book . Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. "S.I. No. 376/1993 - Industrial Development Act, 1993 (Establishment Day) (Forfás, Forbairt, and Industrial Development Agency (Ireland)) Order, 1993". Irish Statute Book . Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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