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Ireland's Foreign Direct Investment Agency

IDA Ireland’s main objective is to encourage investment into Ireland by foreign owned companies. We work as a strategic partner and provide consultancy and support services free of charge to help organisations set up and grow. Our success is measured by the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and IDA-supported companies on the Irish economy.

Who we are?

Semi state Government funded organisation.


Who we service?

  • Hosted site visits
  • Advice on visas and permits
  • Property solutions
  • Grants and supports

What we do?

We support companies at every stage of their investment journey. From the moment they land, we make connections they need to set up and scale fast. And we’re always available to listen and consult as their operations grow.


At a glance

Focus
  • Attracting foreign companies to set up and scale up in Ireland
Sectors
  • Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Media
  • Engineering
  • Financial Services
Network
  • 21 global offices
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Assess your digitalisation and innovation levels

IDA Ireland Online Self-Assessment Diagnostics

IDA Ireland offers online self-assessment diagnostics tools for client companies. These free, 20-minute assessments help businesses evaluate their current and future digitalisation and innovation maturity level.

 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are a IDA Client company in the manufacturing sector that want to assess current and future maturity levels in advanced digital and sustainable technologies can use the Advanced Manufacturing Diagnostic (AMD). 
  • You are a IDA Client company in services interested in assessing current and future digitalisation level and pinpointing areas for improvement can benefit from the Digitalisation Diagnostic for Services (DDS).  
  • Any IDA Ireland client compay can use the Innovation Scorecard Diagnostic (ISD) to assess their overall current and target innovation maturity levels

Digital & AI

Assistance and guidance to improve innovation within your MNC

Innovate Programme

IDA Ireland’s Innovate Programme helps companies improve their innovation by giving them a roadmap and assigning an advisor to guide them. This advisor helps implement best practices and utilise tools for generating creative ideas and validating them.  Ultimately, the program aims to make these companies more innovative and successful.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an existing IDA client company.

Education & Training

Create your Talent Development Plan

IDA Ireland Training Grant

The training grant is a financial incentive program designed to support existing client companies in upskilling and developing their workforce.

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are an IDA company that can submit a talent development plan reflecting the upskilling and reskilling needs of their people to address strategic business challenges.

Talent & Hiring

Develop your Site Strategic Plan

IDA Ireland Business Development Programme

This programme provides consultancy support to help companies develop a strategic plan for the site that includes or specifically focuses on digitalisation, innovation, talent development and sustainability.

You may be eligible if you are:

  • IDA client companies that need to build a strategic plan (including digital transformation)  and value proposition for the Irish site. 

Grants

Engage in research, development and innovation

IDA Ireland RD&I Programme

The RD&I Programme supports research, development, and innovation (RD&I) activities for client companies. It offers a range of resources to help companies innovate and grow and build R&D activities in Ireland.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an existing client company of IDA Ireland that want to expand or further develop your existing R&D facilitites in Ireland. Or companies that want to establish an R&D facility in Ireland. 

Grants

Enhance site leadership team capabilties

Leading with Strategic intent

Delivered by IMI in association with IDA Ireland, this programme is run over 6 months and supports leadership teams to develop an Irish site value proposition. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are part of a leadership team of an existing IDA client company.

Education & Training

IDA support to expand into new markets

IDA Ireland International Marketing Programme

IDA Ireland's International Marketing Programme (IMP) is a financial grant program designed to specifically support existing client companies in expanding to new international markets.

You may be eligible if:

  • You already have a partnership with IDA Ireland on other programs or initiatives.

Talent & Hiring

Innovate through collaborative research and development partnerships

Innovation Partnership Programme

The Innovation Partnership Programme aims to foster collaboration between companies and Irish research institutes to generate tangible competitive advantages for companies. It seeks to enhance technological advancement, people development, and knowledge exchange.

  • Manufacturing or internationally traded services company with an operating base in the Republic of Ireland that wishes to collaborate with one or more research institutes, also based in the Republic of Ireland, are eligible to participate.  
  • Companies must be registered clients of one of the state development agencies (Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Údarás Na Gaeltachta and Local Enterprise Office) and seeking to access the latest skills and expertise from research institutes throughout Ireland. 


 

Grants

Invest in carbon-reducing technologies

IDA Ireland Green Capital Grant

This grant supports the purchase and installation of capital items necessary to deliver on the goals and objectives of site-specific Climate Action Plan. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an IDA client company that have a site-specific Climate Action Plan (CAP).

Grants

Invest in Sustainability

IDA Ireland Green Plus

This grant is offered to existing clients to explore and implement sustainable practices and produce a Climate Action Plan or improve existing plan. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an existing IDA client that is exporting

Sustainability & Energy

Invest in your future leaders

Future Subsidiary Leaders Programme

Delivered by IMI in association with IDA Ireland, this programme is run over 6 months and supports the development of future leadership teams of multinational subsidiaries in Ireland. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are a senior or future senior leader of multi-nationals in Ireland.

Education & Training

Grants

Lean and digital for services

IDA Ireland Lean for Global Business Services

This grant offers training and support to services companies that want to adopt lean and automation business principles to increase performance and competitiveness

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an existing IDA client company operating shared or global business services that are exporting.

Operations & Productivity

Grants

Lean and digital transformation support for multinational companies in Ireland

Lean and Digitalisation Business Offer

You might be eligible if:

  • You are an existing IDA client company

Operations & Productivity

Solve problems in products and services

IDA Ireland Innovation Voucher

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

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Sarah

Innovate Solutions Project Manager
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