About the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Ministers

• Richard Bruton, TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
• Sean Sherlock, TD, Minister for Research and Innovation
• John Perry, TD, Minister for Small Business

Secretary General

• John Murphy

Strategy

Mission: Driving Ireland’s competitiveness and productivity by creating the conditions where enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation can flourish and quality employment opportunities are grown and maintained.

• Statement of Strategy 2008 – 2010 (RTF 945KB)

Structure of the Department

The Department is organised into five Divisions which broadly reflect distinct functional units but there is also a substantial degree of co-operation and interaction between Divisions.

The five divisions and their functions are outlined below.

1. Competitiveness and Jobs
2. Innovation and Investment
3. Commerce, Consumer and Competition
4. Employment Rights and Industrial Relations and Corporate Services
5. EU Affairs and Trade Policy

Offices under the aegis of the Department

• Companies Registration Office
• Employment Appeals Tribunal
• Labour Court
• Labour Relations Commission
• National Employment Rights Authority
• Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
• Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies
• Patents Office

Bodies/Agencies under the aegis of the Department

• City and County Enterprise Boards
• Competition Authority
• Enterprise Ireland
• Forfás
• Health and Safety Authority
• IDA Ireland
• InterTrade Ireland
  All-Island Trade & Business Development Body
• Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority
• National Consumer Agency
• National Standards Authority of Ireland
• Personal Injuries Assessment Board
• Science Foundation Ireland
• Shannon Development