Assistant Secretary: John Newham
The Innovation and Investment Division carries policy and delivery management responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland, enterprise innovation, intellectual property and the co-ordination of the department’s actions in the Housing for All strategy delivered through multiple agencies.
Assistant Secretary: Dermot Mulligan
The primary role of the Irish Enterprise Division is to support indigenous enterprise across all regions in Ireland.
Assistant Secretary: Jean Carberry
The EU and Digital Division plays an important role in driving the digital transition by the Irish enterprise sector.
Assistant Secretary: Gary Tobin
The Enterprise Strategy, Competitiveness and Evaluation Division works with other divisions in the department and with other government departments with the aim of ensuring that policy supports a competitive, high-productivity and sustainable enterprise sector.
Assistant Secretary: Ronnie Downes
The Trade Development and Regulation Division seeks to maximise the benefits for Irish enterprise and Ireland’s economy from international trade.
Assistant Secretary: Colm Forde
The Commerce, Consumer and Competition Division is the policy arm of the department for developing a legal framework to deliver a fair and efficient market in which Irish commerce prospers and consumers are protected.
Assistant Secretary: Yvonne White
The role of the Workplace Regulation and Economic Migration Division is to promote quality employment, positive workplace relations, well-functioning dispute resolution mechanisms, a safe working environment and assists Ireland’s enterprise base to access talent from overseas, through responsive and robust economic migration policy.
The Tourism Division’s goals are to:
- Support the sustainable growth of a competitive Tourism sector with a particular emphasis on supporting economic development in communities throughout the country, whilst protecting our environment and natural resources.
- Promote North-South co-operation, within the context of the Good Friday Agreement and the Government’s Shared Island Initiative, particularly in the context of the work of Tourism Ireland.
Assistant Secretary: Harry Lester
The overall objective of the Corporate Services Division is to provide efficient and effective support to allow the wider department to deliver on our broader strategic business goals responding and adapting to changing internal and external challenges.