Sector Specific Investment Promotion - Ireland Barry OLeary
CEO, IDA Ireland May 3 rd 2013
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IDA Ireland 2013 Global Reach
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Current Impact of FDI IDA Portfolio Companies: 515 from the US
152,000 / 260,000 Impact 122 billion 1,030 Two thirds Business
Expenditure on R&D 7.3 billion 122
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IDA Business Focus Information Communication Technology Life
Sciences Engineering, Industrial & Clean Industries
International Financial Services Content Industry, Consumer &
Business Services Global Business Services High Value Manufacturing
Research, Development & Innovation Food
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IDA focus across industry segments Leading MNCs 2 nd Tier High
Growth Companies
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2013 Investments
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Evolution and Future of FDI * Illustrative examples only
Analytics FinancialServices Connected Health Islamic Finance,
Financial Technology, Green Finance Big Data Business Intelligence
Convergence
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ase of doing Business Why Ireland? FDA Track Record National
Institute for Bioprocessing and Research Training (NIBRT) Science
Foundation Ireland Initiatives Cluster Impact Strategic Sites
Financial Incentives Regulatory Environment Sector Specific Example
Biopharmaceuticals;
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Technology and Research Centres in Ireland
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Technology Centres Collaborative entities established and led
by industry. Resourced by highly qualified researchers associated
with research institutions who are empowered to undertake market
focused strategic R&D for the benefit of industry. Joint
initiative between Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland allowing
Irish companies and multinationals to work together. State funding
centres of the order of 1M per year over a five year period.
Technology centres Pooled expertise from across partner companies
and universities focused on delivering solutions to strategically
important competitive challenges. Networking opportunities to
identify common areas of interest, challenges of volume
manufacturing, business improvement opportunities. Benchmarking.
Impacts of the technology centres:
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ICT Research Centres in Ireland
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MedTech Centres for Research and Innovation The Colles
Institute (RCSI) REMEDI The Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI)
The Medical Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) The
National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES) South
Eastern Applied Material Research Centre (SEAM) Centre for Research
in Engineering Surface Technology (CREST) Micro Sensors for
Clinical Analysis (MiCRA) Centre for Design Innovation National
Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR) Trinity Centre for Bioengineering
(TCBE) Centre for Applied Biomedical Engineering Research (CABER)
Centre for Nanotechnology and Materials Research (CNMR) National
Centre for Laser Applications (NCLA) Materials Ireland Polymer
Research Centre
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ase of doing Business Why Ireland? Sector Specific Initiatives
/ Investments