Business
Ibec calls for state agency aimed at domestically focused Irish firms
Lobby group warns of ‘significant gap’ in government assistance and says new body should focus on domestic-facing enterprise base
The state needs to establish a new agency, similar to IDA Ireland or Enterprise Ireland, aimed at helping Irish businesses selling into domestic markets, Ibec has told the government.
As the government prepares a white paper on enterprise, the business lobby group pointed to a “significant gap” around state assistance for domestic-facing businesses. “As it stands, these companies fall between multiple agencies or none,” Ibec said in a recent submission to the Department of Enterprise.