Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 March 2023
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Leo Clancy:
It is broad based. We make research and development support available to any sector where there is something innovative happening, apart from proscribed sectors, such as that relating to tobacco and other areas, in which we are not allowed to operate. We make innovation funding available to any business that seems like it can compete and where innovation will give a boost to its productivity and future success. I do not have the numbers on how innovation funding by Enterprise Ireland breaks down in front of me. Anecdotally, however, I would say that the primary areas of focus are medical technologies and life sciences, technology and engineering.