1st January 2020 The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has today announced a new round of the tariff suspension/quota schemes and is calling for applications from manufacturers in the chemicals, microelectronic and related sectors. The tariff suspension scheme offers the possibility for such companies to import raw materials, components or intermediate products from…
Industry 4.0 Strategy to help manufacturing firms to respond to technological change. Sector supports 227,000 direct jobs and 4 out of 5 of these jobs are outside Dublin. Strategy developed as part of Future Jobs Ireland, the whole-of-Government plan to prepare our businesses and workers for the future. Minister announces funding of €23.5…
Dublin, Ireland, 09 December 2019 The Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation and Research and Development, John Halligan TD, has welcomed the latest figures on Government investment in research and development (R&D) published today by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. These figures are provided by the Department to the CSO/Eurostat under Commission Regulation (EC) No….
Twelve successful applicants representing Academic Institutions from across all regions have secured funding for their projects. Friday, 06 December 2019 Speaking ahead of a special Cabinet meeting on jobs in Trim, Co. Meath, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD and Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD today announced…
Dublin, Ireland, 02 December 2019 The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys T.D., has signed the Commencement Order that will bring the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 into operation from Monday, 2 December 2019. The purpose of the Act is to modernise the copyright regime in Ireland by…
20 November 2019 Today, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, welcomed the entry into force of the important Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Singapore. The Agreement was signed in October 2018 and ratified by the European Parliament in February 2019. However it was necessary for Singapore to establish a…
Mr Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development , has welcomed the announcement that €23 million has been allocated from the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to projects in the Atlantic Economic Corridor (AEC) region. The AEC covers Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Limerick, and…
Welcoming the news that Aer Lingus will launch two new Shannon routes in 2020, Shannon Chamber said its focus now would be on using every opportunity to encourage its members to use these routes, which will connect Shannon with central Europe. “This is a great development for Shannon. Connectivity to Europe is of interest…
Dublin, Ireland, 16 October 2019, The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys and Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen TD, have announced the launch of a public consultation on the development of a National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Future Jobs Ireland 2019,…
Dublin, Ireland, 15 October 2019: The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys T.D., today (October 15, 2019) urged businesses to make sure they are ready to avail of the Customs Transit Procedure for moving goods through the UK Landbridge post-Brexit. It takes time to put this procedure in place so businesses should start…
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