Funding Programmes & Incentives

The Irish Government has put in place several supports to help businesses operating in Ireland mitigate the impact of the severe increase in energy prices being experienced in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Multinational companies within IDA Ireland’s client portfolio can access range of schemes, find out more by clicking the link entitled "IDA Energy Supports".

Additional resources

Additional links

• IDA Energy Supports

We support your investments financially as part of our partnership with you. Our independent Board of Directors meets every month to make decisions on supporting company investments, in strict compliance with EU state aid rules, so you get responsive help and rapid decision-making.

• €100m annual grant programme for supporting investment projects.
• Scale of grant support dependent on company size and investment impact

RD&I is the largest proportion of IDA's grant funding programme. We offer a wide range of supports, including tax incentives and collaborative funding, to help your RD&I activity in Ireland. We also provide direct assistance for exploratory work ahead of longer-term R&D programmes.

• 25% tax credit on eligible RD&I activity
• Claimable on revenue and capital expenditure incurred in carrying out qualifying R&D

Additional resources

• Research, Development & Innovation Supports

Skilled people at all levels are essential to your company’s evolution, whether through increasing productivity, creating new products, enhancing the leadership team’s strategic potential, evolving the business functions at your Irish site, or building innovation capability in your business.

• Grant aid available for in-house bespoke training and management mentoring
• Wide range of programmes to cater for company size and staff skill needs

Additional resources

• Leading With Strategic Intent Brochure
• Mentor Programme Brochure
• Skills Needs Assessment Brochure
• Sustainability Leaders Brochure
• Talent Development Programme
• Training Grant Client Guide

Thinking about enhancing your operations in Ireland? We have supports available to help you avail of tools and techniques that can unlock innovation in the way you do business today - giving you the springboard to stay sustainable into the future

• Outcome-based support options available with significant assistance
• Lean programme helps in finding creative solutions to enhance competitiveness

Additional resources

• Business Asset Grant Brochure
• Business Development Programme Client Brochure
• Diagnostic Information
• Disruptive Technologies Partnering Portal Brochure
• International Marketing Programme Brochure
• Lean Digitalisation Business Offer Brochure
• Lean for Global Business Services Brochure

Sustainability is everyone’s business. Our ‘Go Green’ offers encourage you to adopt sustainable practices that help you enhance your environmental performance, manage your resources efficiently, achieve cost savings and improve your customers’ perception.

• Three-part offer ranges from initial assessment to renewable energy technologies
• IDA Ireland will cover a percentage of costs towards sustainability programmes

Additional links

• IDA 'Go Green' Offer

If you have been approved a grant and have signed your Grant Agreement, please click here to download the forms necessary to submit a grant claim.

• If you have any queries relating to your claim please contact grantpayments@ida.ie

Additional links

• Find out more