Ireland: manufacturing incentives and funding for monitoring projects
Programmes a production-monitoring, OEE or energy-efficiency project can use in Ireland, with operator, what is funded, status checked in October 2026 and the official page, plus 2026–2027 trade shows and the cost figures that size the business case.
Programmes and incentives
Status was checked on the operator's page in October 2026. Anything we could not confirm is marked unverified; treat it as a lead to check with the operator, not as an open call.
| Programme | Operator | What it funds | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Transition Fund | Enterprise Ireland (under Ireland's National Recovery and Resilience Plan, EU-funded) | Driving digital transformation of Irish enterprises, particularly SMEs; grant streams/amounts not readable on page (JS-rendered) | unverified | enterprise-ireland.com |
| Digital Process Innovation | Enterprise Ireland | Up to 50% grant funding towards internal implementation team and external expertise to implement new production or delivery methods (digital technologies) | open | enterprise-ireland.com |
| IDA Ireland grants & supports (Business Asset Grant, Business Development Programme – Digitalisation Consultancy Grant, Lean Digitalisation Business Offer, IDA Diagnostics, Training Grant, 'Go Green' Offer, RDI supports) | IDA Ireland | Supports for IDA client (FDI) companies covering capital investment, talent, R&D, competitiveness and sustainability; per-grant details in brochures | open | idaireland.com |
Trade shows 2026–2027
| Event | City | Dates | Organiser |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expo 2027 | Dublin (RDS Simmonscourt) | 19–20 May 2027 | manufacturingevent.com |
Manufacturing Incentives Tracker 2026 (45 countries)
One Excel workbook with every programme on this site: country, operator, what it funds, status in October 2026 and the official URL, plus the 2026–2027 trade-show calendar and the cost defaults by country.
- 148 programmes across 45 countries with status and source
- Filterable by country, operator and status
- Trade-show calendar 2026–2027
- Labour and electricity cost by country for the business case
Questions
Which Ireland programmes fund OEE or production-monitoring software?
The table above lists the programmes whose official page describes digitalisation, measurement, energy-management or Industry 4.0 investments as eligible. Status is as read in October 2026; check the operator page before building a budget on it.
Why are some programmes marked unverified?
Because the operator's page could not be read when we checked, or did not state a current status. We publish the name, operator and official URL so you can confirm it; we do not guess whether a call is open.
Where do the cost figures for Ireland come from?
From official statistics (Central Statistics Office (CSO), Eurostat, the World Bank, the IFR and labour-cost series from BLS/ILOSTAT), each linked to the page it was read from. They are national averages, not your plant's numbers.
Sources
Data checked October 2026. Published by TEEPTRAK SAS, which sells production-monitoring and OEE software; programme status is reported as read and is not advice. Full country dataset: oee-benchmark.org/en/oee-benchmark/ireland/.
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_a10?geo=IE&unit=PC_TOT&na_item=B1G&nace_r2=C&time=2024
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_a10?geo=IE&unit=CP_MEUR&na_item=B1G&nace_r2=C&time=2024
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_a10_e?geo=IE&unit=THS_PER&na_item=EMP_DC&nace_r2=C&time=2024
- https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/FRA;CHE;IRL;NOR/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS?format=json&date=2022:2024&per_page=50
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lc_lci_lev?geo=IE&nace_r2=C&time=2024
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nrg_pc_205?geo=IE&nrg_cons=MWH2000-19999&unit=KWH¤cy=EUR&tax=X_VAT&time=2024-S2
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_eb_ain2?geo=IE&time=2024&unit=PC_ENT&indic_is=E_AI_TANY&nace_r2=C
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_sc_ovw?geo=IE&nace_r2=C&indic_sbs=ENT_NR&size_emp=TOTAL&time=2023
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_sc_ovw?geo=IE&nace_r2=C21&size_emp=TOTAL&time=2023&indic_sbs=AV_MFG_PC
- https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-naova/outputandvalueaddedbyactivity2023/keyfindings/
- https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-naova/outputandvalueaddedbyactivity2023/grossvalueaddedgva/
- https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/industry/censusofindustrialproduction/
- https://ifr.org/news/robot-density-surges-in-europe-asia-and-americas/
- https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/supports/digital-transition-fund
- https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/supports/digital-process-innovation
- https://www.idaireland.com/
- https://www.idaireland.com/scale-with-ida/grants-supports
- https://www.manufacturingevent.com/