Ineligible Projects

Under the terms of its remit some projects are not supported by the Enterprise Board:

• Retail outlets and professional services (including consultancies)
• Areas of enterprise which involve displacement of existing jobs or business: Builders, Hairdressers, Cafes, Pubs, Hotels, General Printers, Construction, Trades etc. would come within this category. Generally where there are a large number of operators within a sector, the board has to have regard to the implications of grant aiding one or some, possibly putting the others at a competitive disadvantage.
• Conferences and Seminars
• Projects which are contrary to public policy
• Duplication of support for projects which would be eligible for assistance from other State Agencies of EU funded Operational Programmes.
• Existing Firms which already have an established relationship with Enterprise Ireland or IDA. Please do not apply to the Enterprise Board if you have an existing application for the same project under consideration by Enterprise Ireland.
• Projects involving primary agricultural or fish production, where little added value is demonstrated.
• Projects with employees in excess of 10 people.
• Mobile assets, i.e. cars, motor vans, laptops, mobile machinery etc.
• Projects deemed to be capable of proceeding in any event without Board assistance ie deadweight.
• Projects essentially comprising importation and distribution.