Written answers

Thursday, 8 November 2018

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Enterprise Support Schemes

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when applications to the disruptive technologies fund will open and close; and the 2019 budget allocation for same. [46386/18]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department launched the first Call under the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) on 29th June 2018 and Expressions of Interest were sought by the deadline of 3pm on Friday 17th August 2018. The Department received over 300 Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for this first call for funding. Those EOIs that passed all seven eligibility criteria and reached the minimum threshold on the four selection criteria were invited to submit a full application to the DTIF.

Enterprise Ireland is providing administrative support for the full application stage of the process on behalf of my Department and the closing date for receipt of full applications was 12 noon on 5th November 2018.

I expect to be in a position to announce successful projects under this Call in December 2018, based on the recommendations of the DTIF Advisory Board and following an assessment of the full applications by a panel of international experts.

While there will be subsequent Calls to the DTIF, no dates for further calls have been set. The 2019 budget allocation for the DTIF is €20 million.

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