Focused Policy Assessment of Capital, Employment, and Training Supports: 2005/2006 – 2018

This Focused Policy Assessment (FPA) reviews the direct financial capital, employment and training (CET) supports to industry delivered through Enterprise Ireland (EI) and the IDA.

From 2006-2018 EI has approved €780 million of CET supports, while from 2005-2018 IDA has approved €1.07 billion of such supports. For EI and IDA separately the FPA sets out the rationale for Government direct financial CET supports. It focuses on the level of demand for these supports and the associated expenditure. Finally, the efficiency, effectiveness and appropriateness of EI and IDA CET supports is examined based on a review of the existing evaluation evidence base.