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Design and Crafts

This iconic sector showcases Ireland's rich cultural heritage, while fostering creativity and entrepreneurship. As designers and craftspeople, you're global ambassadors for Ireland, but we know you face big challenges too; like dealing with the impact of the pandemic, and the growing need to become more efficient, digital and sustainable.

 

Contact our Hub today to get connected with the support you need to grow and develop your Arts, Crafts and Design business.

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Capital investment for decarbonisation processes - Udaras

Invest in carbon-reducing technologies

This grant is designed to help businesses pay for the changes needed to reduce their carbon emissions, making their operations more environmentally friendly. Investing in new tools, research, ideas, and green technology can help your company reach its goal of zero carbon emissions faster.

Businesses working to make their manufacturing processes less polluting.

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are an existing Údarás na Gaeltachta client 
  • You are a potential Údarás na Gaeltachta client operating a small to medium business 
  • You are trading in the manufacturing industry

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Grants & Funding

Digital Discovery

Develop a digital plan and introduce new technologies

To be competitive in today’s market, businesses need to understand what digital technology can offer. This grant incentivises and supports companies to introduce new digital technologies and solutions into their operations. Leading to greater efficiency, improved customer experiences, better decision-making, and an enhanced ability to bring better and more diverse products to market

Companies looking to introduce new digital technologies to their business to boost efficiency, improve services and create a better customer experience.

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are an Údarás Na Gaeltachta client

  • You are an Irish owned business operating in the manufacturing/internationally traded services sectors employing 10 or more.

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Grants & Funding

FET Micro-Qualifications: Lean Principles & Tools

Create more value with fewer resources through Lean Practices

Further Education and Training (FET) micro-qualifications are short, accredited, and highly subsidised upskilling programmes, developed under the Skills to Advance initiative. Improve your business’s productivity, processes and resource efficiency with the Lean Practice for Sustainable Business FET micro-qualifications.

 

Employers and employees looking to access bite-sized, accredited upskilling programmes to develop lean business practices. Lean practices help you create value with fewer resources and less waste.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are a small, medium or large enterprise
  • You are in employment

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.
 

Training & Programmes

Growth and Sustainability Loan Scheme

Low-cost loans for growth, resilience and sustainability

This support offers loans of up to €3 million. These loans can be used to make long-term investments in equipment, premises, process innovation or research and development.

You might be eligible if: 

  • You are a small to medium business
  • You are a small mid-cap company (A small mid-cap is an enterprise that is not an SME but has fewer than 500 employees)

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Loans

IDA Ireland Innovation Voucher

Solve problems in products and services.

The voucher can be used to purchase academic support from one of the registered knowledge providers, on IDA’s approved list. They can aid IDA clients with new product or process development; new business model development, new service delivery model or new service development model.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are a client company that has a problem to solve in a particular area of product or service delivery. 

Grants & Funding

HPSU Feasibility Study Grant

Are you a high potential start up (HPSU) interested in bringing your innovative product or service to an international market?

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This Study Grant assists a new start-up company or individual entrepreneur to investigate the viability of a new export orientated business or proposition.

You may be eligible if you are:

  • Innovative HPSUs preparing to raise investment, who is an existing Enterprise Ireland client.
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Grants & Funding

Horizon Europe Supports

Join the EU’s flagship research and innovation programme

Horizon Europe provides Irish businesses with funding and expertise to develop and launch innovative products and services that address global challenges. 

You may be eligible if: 

  • Your business is in an established EU Member State 
  • Your project aligns with the program's goals of research and innovation

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions

Training & Programmes

JobsPlus Subsidy

Provide an unemployed person with a job opportunity

JobsPlus is a financial incentive to encourage employers to offer job opportunities to unemployed people.

Businesses with recruitment needs but need to manage the cost of employment. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are registered as a business with the Revenue Commissioners and are tax compliant 
  • You offer full-time employment of at least 30 hours per week, over a minimum of 4 days. 

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Grants & Funding

LEADER programme for Rural Development

LEADER Programme: Funding Projects for Economic Growth, Rural Infrastructure, and Climate Resilience

LEADER is a community-led approach to local development funded through Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. The 2023-22027 LEADER Programme can fund the following enterprise types; Green Economy, Agricultural Diversification, Rural Tourism & Recreation, Innovative Enterprise Development, Rural Food Production and Social, Community & Cooperative Enterprises. Funding is available for all rural areas. For the purposes of the LEADER programme in Ireland, rural areas are defined as all parts of Ireland with the exception of the areas within the boundaries of the five main cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway.

You may be eligible if: 

  • your enterprise (including social enterprise) is located in a rural area - defined as 'all parts of Ireland with the exception of the areas within the boundaries of the five main cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway'
  • In order for a project to be eligible for LEADER funding, it must be compatible with the actions outlined in the approved Local Development Strategy for the relevant LEADER area, and it must comply with the Operating Rules and EU Regulations in place for the programme

Grants & Funding

Large Industry Energy Network (LIEN)

Support for Large Energy Users in Ireland

The SEAI Large Industry Energy Network (LIEN) is a program in Ireland that supports large energy users in improving their energy efficiency and reducing their carbon emissions.

The SEAI Large Industry Energy Network (LIEN) is for large energy users in Ireland. This specifically refers to companies with an annual energy spend of €1 million or more. These companies can be from any industry sector, but some examples include:

  • Manufacturing plants
  • Large data centres
  • Pharmaceutical companies
  • Food processing facilities

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Advice & Mentoring

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