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Enterprise Ireland

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Formed
  
1998

Jurisdiction
  
Ireland

Headquarters
  
East Point Business Park, The Plaza, Dublin 3, D03 E5R6

State Agency of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation executives
  
Julie Sinnamon, 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 accelerate the development of Irish enterprises capable of achieving strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity and purchasing power.

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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. Forbairt had been established as part of Forfás in 1993, to make industrial development grants, while An Bord Tráchtála had been established in 1991 by merging the Irish Goods Council and Córas Tráchtala. Córas Tráchtála had been founded in 1959 to market Irish goods abroad. 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; in 1978 it was spun out and merged with Vivian Murray's private National Development Council as a limited company.

Irish companies supported by Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland provides financial support and advice to Irish technology companies. It helps them in promoting goods and services to foreign markets. The Irish software sector is one area that Enterprise Ireland is focused on.

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.

The AREs are divided sectorally into:

  • ICT and Software
  • Bio-Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals
  • Bio-medical Devices and Materials

    • The ICT and Software Sector AREs are:

  • Centre for Affective Solutions for Ambient Living Awareness (CASALA) located at Dundalk Institute of Technology
  • Centre for Converged IP Communications Services (3CS) located at Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Technologies for Embedded Computing (TEC) located at Cork Institute of Technology
  • Seamless Use Through Abstraction Technologies (SUNAT) located at Athlone Institute of Technology
  • Wireless Sensor Applied Research (WiSAR Lab) located at Letterkenny Institute of Technology

    • The Bio Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Sector AREs are:

  • Ion Channel Biotechnology Centre (ICBC) located at Dundalk Institute of Technology
  • Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre(PMBRC) located at Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre (SABC) located at the Institute of Technology, Tralee and Limerick Institute of Technology

    • The Biomedical Devices and Materials Sector AREs are:

  • Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Coatings (CREST) located at Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Micro Sensors for Clinical Analysis (MiCRA) located at Institute of Technology, Tallaght
  • South Eastern Applied Materials Research Centre (SEAM)located at Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Control (CAPPA)located at Cork Institute of Technology
  • Medical Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) located at Cork Institute of Technology

    • References

    Enterprise Ireland Wikipedia
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