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Sector Specific Investment Promotion - Ireland Barry OLeary CEO, IDA Ireland May 3 rd 2013

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IDA Ireland 2013 Global Reach

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Current Impact of FDI IDA Portfolio Companies: 515 from the US 152,000 / 260,000 Impact 122 billion 1,030 Two thirds Business Expenditure on R&D 7.3 billion 122

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IDA Business Focus Information Communication Technology Life Sciences Engineering, Industrial & Clean Industries International Financial Services Content Industry, Consumer & Business Services Global Business Services High Value Manufacturing Research, Development & Innovation Food

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IDA focus across industry segments Leading MNCs 2 nd Tier High Growth Companies

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2013 Investments

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Evolution and Future of FDI * Illustrative examples only Analytics FinancialServices Connected Health Islamic Finance, Financial Technology, Green Finance Big Data Business Intelligence Convergence

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ase of doing Business Why Ireland? FDA Track Record National Institute for Bioprocessing and Research Training (NIBRT) Science Foundation Ireland Initiatives Cluster Impact Strategic Sites Financial Incentives Regulatory Environment Sector Specific Example Biopharmaceuticals;

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Technology and Research Centres in Ireland

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Technology Centres Collaborative entities established and led by industry. Resourced by highly qualified researchers associated with research institutions who are empowered to undertake market focused strategic R&D for the benefit of industry. Joint initiative between Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland allowing Irish companies and multinationals to work together. State funding centres of the order of 1M per year over a five year period. Technology centres Pooled expertise from across partner companies and universities focused on delivering solutions to strategically important competitive challenges. Networking opportunities to identify common areas of interest, challenges of volume manufacturing, business improvement opportunities. Benchmarking. Impacts of the technology centres:

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ICT Research Centres in Ireland

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MedTech Centres for Research and Innovation The Colles Institute (RCSI) REMEDI The Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) The Medical Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) The National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES) South Eastern Applied Material Research Centre (SEAM) Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology (CREST) Micro Sensors for Clinical Analysis (MiCRA) Centre for Design Innovation National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR) Trinity Centre for Bioengineering (TCBE) Centre for Applied Biomedical Engineering Research (CABER) Centre for Nanotechnology and Materials Research (CNMR) National Centre for Laser Applications (NCLA) Materials Ireland Polymer Research Centre

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ase of doing Business Why Ireland? Sector Specific Initiatives / Investments