Enterprise Ireland
{{short description|Irish state economic development agency}}
{{distinguish|Enterprise (train service)}}
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|type = State Agency of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
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|formed = 1998
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|jurisdiction = Ireland
|headquarters = East Point Business Park, The Plaza, Dublin 3, D03 E5R6
|chief1_name = Leo Clancy
|chief1_position = CEO
|chief2_name = Terence O'Rourke
|chief2_position = Chairman
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|keydocument1 = Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act, 1998
|website = [http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/ Enterprise Ireland website]
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Enterprise Ireland is an Irish state economic development agency focused on helping Irish-owned business deliver new export sales. The aim of Enterprise Ireland is to help Irish enterprises to "start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets."[http://www.enterprise-ireland.com Enterprise Ireland official website]
History
Enterprise Ireland was established by the Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998, superseding two earlier bodies: {{anchor|Forbairt}} Forbairt and {{anchor|An Bord Tráchtála}}An Bord Tráchtála.{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108133804/http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/58701/1/08-hardiman.pdf |date=8 January 2014 }} Archived from [http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/58701/1/08-hardiman.pdf#page=23 the original] on 19 March 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/act/pub/0034/ |title=Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act, 1998 |work=Irish Statute Book |access-date=8 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108124729/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/act/pub/0034/ |archive-date=8 January 2014 }} Forbairt was established in 1993 as part of Forfás,{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/si/0376.html|title=S.I. No. 376/1993 - Industrial Development Act, 1993 (Establishment Day) (Forfás, Forbairt, and Industrial Development Agency (Ireland)) Order, 1993.|work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=8 January 2014}} to make industrial development grants,{{cite web |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/act/pub/0019/sec0007.html#sec7|title=Industrial Development Act, 1993, Section 7: Functions of Forbairt. |work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=8 January 2014}} while An Bord Tráchtála was established in 1991 through the merger of the {{anchor|Irish Goods Council}}Irish Goods Council and {{anchor|Córas Tráchtala}}Córas Tráchtala{{cite web|url=http://www.djei.ie/publications/trade/1998/tradepolicy/success.htm#fn9 |title=Trade Policy - The Key Success Factors |no-pp=y|page=fn.9 |year=1998 |work=Trade Policy Statement |publisher=Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment |access-date=8 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108124757/http://www.djei.ie/publications/trade/1998/tradepolicy/success.htm |archive-date=8 January 2014 }} — a statutory body founded in 1959 to market Irish goods abroad{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1959/en/act/pub/0020/print.html|title=Export Promotion Act, 1959|work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=8 January 2014}} — and successor of Córas Tráchtála Teoranta, founded in 1951.{{cite web| title= Córas Tráchtála Teoranta| work=Irish State Administration Database| url=http://isad.ie/units/view/id/599| access-date=31 March 2021}} The Irish Goods Council was founded to market Irish goods in Ireland in 1974, originally within the National Development Association as the Working Group on the Promotion and Sale of Irish Goods;{{cite book|last=National Development Association (Forbairt)|title=Ninth Annual Report to December 31st 1975|url=http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL018443.pdf#page=12 |access-date=9 January 2014 |series=Official publications|volume=Prl.5990|year=1976|location=Dublin|pages=12–13|chapter=The Working Group|format=PDF}}{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=61981J0249|title=61981CJ0249 Judgment of the Court of 24 November 1982. Commission of the European Communities v Ireland. Measures having equivalent effect - Promotion of domestic products. Case 249/81.|work=Europa|access-date=8 January 2014}} in 1978 it was spun out and merged with Vivian Murray's private National Development Council as a limited company.
See also
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/}}
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Category:Business organisations based in the Republic of Ireland
Category:Economy of the Republic of Ireland
Category:Government agencies of the Republic of Ireland
Category:1998 establishments in Ireland